The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-10-04
DECLINES A NOMINATION.
lFrOm the IrontOn Register. I

ARCADIA, Mo-, Sept. 9th, 1890.
w. Z. Garland, st. LonIs, MO.-Dear
Sir:-1n reply to yours of August 28th,
informing me of my nomination as the
candidate of the union labor party
for the office of state superintendent,
must beg TO decline the honor conferred
upon me by the convention for the
following reasons:
lst. While am In accord with most
OF the principles set forth in the plat
FORM OF the Cincinnati convention, and
those OF later date. | find the union
labor party has, in nearly every in q.
stance, been turned into u mask behind
which the face of one or the other OF
the old party are concealed, where thai
party IL In the minority in that section
The mission of the union labor party
i'm this state, at least. seems To have
been one OF fusion. The incidents OF
the election OF 'SS are fresh in the
minds Of every one. The deals made
in St. Louis and eisew here, with the
republican party; the accusations OF
bribery so freely made against its man
agers, regret TO say, with so mn n
apparent Justice: the mysterious with
drawal OF some of its congressional
candidates from tho race after their
nomination., whereby the republican
party received aid and comfort; the
suspicious refusal OF its managers to
supply tickets until too late for distri-
button, in many Instances coming only
the night before the election; the leay-
ing off OF part OF the tickets sent out
without his consent or Knowledge, k the
name OF the congressional candidate irl
this UO) district; the quarrels AMI
recriminations among the leaders after
the battle was overall seen to indi
cate that the union labor party has
ceased to be q party of principle and
has become, SO far as II is party H.
this state, merely one of policy, ana
that policy uniformly to aid the schemes
OF republican politicians. You assure
me that that doodle gang has been
kicked out, but see names mentioned
in connection with the convention that
did me honor TO nominate me, against
whom the charge of political corruption
has been frequently brought, and whom
had hitherto supposed to belong to
the Doodle gang. For the principles OF
the union labor party have pro.
found respect, but with its policv hiih
erto L am totally at variance. When II
shall enunciate a complete body Of
political doctrine and unfiinchingly
stand by it, when IL shall become trea-
son to the party to attempt to fuse with
either OF the old parties, and that pro.
pOsal OF itself shall read the pr0pOser
out of the party, then the union labor
party will have a chance to grow and
win its way.
2nd. There are just now two great
questions before the American people
that must be settled before others can
receive the attention due them from
the public. The first (the tariff in-
wolves the question OF whether the
taxing power shall be longer used to
divert money from the pocket of one
citizen TO that OF another without his
consent; whether the taxing power
shall longer be used to confer special
privileges upon favored class. With.
out entering into a discussion of statis-
tics, l hold that such use of the taxing
power is crime, and that any appar-
ent benefit accruing to the American
working man will be found to be
illnsory. Rest assured that a good tree
caunOt spring forth from an evil root.
OciicfO tuht IL is tuc uuty VI hucElChH
citizens TO get rid of the class privi-
leges conferred upon a portion OF our
citizens by our iniqHitons tariff laws.
1t will be the clearing of the deck for
other questions coming Just behind il.
The second is the money question.
Free and unlimited coinage of silver IL
certainly step in the direction of the
peoples resuming control of the
finances and OF breaking the po YER OF
Wall street. These two great questions
are now before the people TO stay until
they are settled. The democratic
party has been placed in position in
regard to these questions that 1t cannot
abandon without committing suicide
When taxation shall no longer be used
for private advantage and the absolute
dictatiOn of plutocrats In our finances
shall have been broken, il will be found
that we have taken long, long step
toward the accomplishment of the pur-
pose for which the union labor party
was created. ....
3rd. used every effort on my part
TO secure the nomination OF l.. K
Wolfe, and am debsrred from being q
candidate against him. b. w. Fox.