The advocate., 1890-03-26

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break II up.
Well II the alliance people ara not per-
mitted 10 discuss the great question OF re-
form, how can they vote intelligently on
these Questions2
The farmers and laboring men OF our
country aro' inaugurating the greatest ro-
form movement that was ever inaugurnted
in the history OF our country, and II they do
not thoroughly understand this movement
they will make a failure Of IL, and 10 under
stand II thoroughly they must have a
thorough discussion of Il.
The intelligent discussion among ourselves
OF tho greUt questions OF reform that now
agitato the minds OF the American people,
will simply make our order stronger and
unite us moro firmly in the object Of reform.
. he object OF the Farmers Alliance, sum
married., is 10 unite the farmers for the pro-
motion Of their interests socially politically
and financially. And how can thoy promote
thoir interests socially without understand
ing their social condition, and how can they
promote their political interests without
understanding their political condition, and
how can they promote their financial inter
terests without understanding their financial
conditions, and how can they understand
these conditions without discussion OF
them2
Doctors always hrst disagnose the disease
before they apply a remedy.
educate the people" was the last legacy
Of George Washington.
Educate the people," was the unceasing
eXOrtatiOn of Thomas Jefferson.
'The education Of the masses is the bull
wark Of our political institutions" said
Daniel Webster.
"Fhe intelligence Of the American people
is the safe guard of our liberity,r said the
immortal Henry Clay.
Education ennobles, il elevates, IL refnes,
it enlarges our scope Of vision politically, as
well as religiously, il Olevates up TO a higher
plain Of civilization and christianity.
knowledge is power" and the more
knowledge we posses in regard TO the great
questions which now draw the attention Of
the American people, the better we under
stand these questions Of reform, the more
intellgently can we vote on these questions.
The more knowledge we possess concern
ing the workings of the combines, trusts,
tariff and mismanagement OF our finances,
the better we are prepared and enabled TO
propose and enact such legislation as will
control them.
Nothing under che sun will suit our Shy
locks and money mongers better, than for
us not 20 discuss the great questions of re-
form that now engage the minds Of the
American people. They, themselves, un-
derstand these questions thoroughly, but
they do not want us 10 understand them,
they want us 10 remain in ignorance, and
be divided in sentiment 10 that they can
carry of the spoils.
They very we'll know that whenever we be-
gin 10 discuss and understand these ques-
tiOn, that moment light will begin TO break
in upon our ignorance, and then we will be-
gin in good earnest TO kick over the polite
al traces we so long and faithfully worked
in, and hence the advice, "yOu alliance peo-
pie must not discuss political questions
We all expect TO vote, IL we live, on these
questions, and how can we vote intelligcntly
on them IL we do not understand them, and
how can we understand them without dis
cussing theml
Ballot reform, tariff reform and reform
in our financial system, are among tho great
questions OF reform.
The ballot Is our only hope for "redress Of
grievance y and hence its purity is impera-
tive.
On election day men are bought aud sold
like 30 many sheep, and this alone makes