The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-10-03
Letua suppo,e the c.s..

Lets suppose the Case.
Yes, that is what the loqaacious
editor in the last issue of the Mercury
says. He says, ''suppose the farmers
alliance had stood entirely aloof from
politics, each member acting with
whichever party he belonged To, does
anyone believe that the Old parties, or
even the Union Labor party, would
have refused to listen to the organiZa-
ton in regard to the legislative Off
ces.''
They would not have dared to!
o! Hebron, do you mean to charge
your dear old party III with cowardice,
when you say that it would not dare
mands of the alliance. Or do you
mean really to confess its weakness?
Verify / thought an lrishman had
Drawer blood than that.
Another suppositioD:
He says. suppose the alliance had
decided to do this instead OF organic
ing new party, is there a member so
blind as not to see that they would
now be absolutely sure of having their
men elected regardless of what party
succeeded Yes, just so blind. Mr..
eiected.'' We are sure of nothing
when We act upon your advice. Not
even of the completion of our man.
moth packing house. How unfortu-
nate for your party If we had accept
ed your method, elected our men and
left the ring out in the cold. Surely
Hebron you cannot mean what you
say.
Another suppositior:
He says, suppose the alliance in
Kansas had done as the Southern
alliance did, buy, st:nd i'll and control
the nomination of friends of the order
for all important or legislative ices,
by the party in power Great Scott!
Advising the alliance to stand in with
the Republican party and conspire
among themselves to capture the con-
| vention and nominate only men of its
own order for the legislative offices.
Why, Hebron, you are traitor to
your party by su.gesting any thing Of
that kind. But why do you. limit
them only to the legislative offices?
Are they not capable of filling the
county offices? Or would it be a sub
versive policy to commence to dredge
the stream ut its fountain head, in
stead of commencing at its MOUTH
Then he asks: wouldn't this cause
have yielded greater returns and been
more in keeping with the dignity of
the order, than going into Il grand
1
DignityI We stand agast to think
that he should have any concern about
| the dignity of the alliance. He holds
| up the Southern alliance as an example
for the Kansas alliance, representing
that it is working with the dominant
| party of the South, instead of forming
| a third party, and calls it dignity.
While heretofore his siop cart has been
running over with filth, largely gath
4 ho n lao TnncE-es
Cdpi.at,) trying to prove that the alli
ance was a Democratic annex; that
/ the alliance of the South and the
Demo cratic party were identical; ac-
cused the alliance of bargains, sell
outs and every falsehood and misrep-
resentaion that human ingenuity with
q devilish propensity, could possibly
| invent.
| The alliance believes in asserting
its power and independence, by piac-
ing good men in our county offices as
we'll as in our state and national OIL
ces, and if those offices are SO '.petty
and Insignificant then why does
4 Hebron and the s'ring'' make such a
despe rate squabble, all on the part of
the m embers of the alliance who were
nominated, not of their own seeking,
but by the will of the people.
In despair he asks: s.But what is the
use in surprising that the Union Labor
lite manipulators in the Order would
short of drowning both cid partiesI'
Now wish dearly that Mf. Hebron
| would explain to the people what I'm
ion Labor is. In his TRADE against
Union Laborites he never gives one
| word Enlightenment upon What he
would have people believe is "a mon
strous doctrine, and yet the r publican
q .aff
the Union Labor plat form and in or
operating them into its own platform.
Is this 10 catch votes or is the party
really reforming? Circumstances force
us to conclude that it is simply steal
ing the livery of Heaven to serve the
Devil in.
u Scripture tells ms that Satan was once
a holy angel but that he rebelled and
} was cast out of Heaven He has since
been going around like rowing ii IN
} seeking whom he might dcvour and
he seems for years to have had a con-
trolling influence in political parties
, and getting in his work upon the In
dustrIai classes but we never think OF
Handing his Satanic Majesty or justify
his villanous conduct by referring u
his goodness and virtue before he fell
, from grace.
| Campaign orators proudly refer to ths
early acts and principles of the Rspub-
lican party III its justification, but they
always fail to tell US of its apostasy
/ while yet in its infancy by getting I'M
der control and conducted in tie inter
ests OF the money power of this nation
| and how is has maintained itself in
power by corruption and panderirg to
1 the lowest dFegs of human depravity,
but do not fear brother If you should
be left out in the cold We believe
there is generosity enough in the ALI
ance to take you in and keep you warm
His final superstition in IL tie slllianc<
cam not down the old parties '-shen
whatY'' This question Ia easily au-
swered- They win Of course bring