Thomas County cat., 1890-07-10

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Tribune, Topeka, Kan.
| The Shawnee county industrial
association adopted the following al
its last regular monthly meeting:
Mr.. President:
Your committee appointed by you
at our last regular meeting, held May
IL, to take into consideration the ad.
visibility of adopting the Cowley
county resolutions as the future poll
tical policy of the Farmers Alliance
and Knights of Labor of Shawnee
county, beg leave to report the fol
lowing paper and earnestly recon-
mend its adoption:
Mr.. President and fellow delegates
Since our last meeting the issue has
been raised in both houses of con-
gress On the all important question
of the free coinage of gold and silver
in our United States of America. In
plain language, an issue between the
laboring masses on the one side and
the non-producing class on the other
The senate righteously needed the
demands of long suffering people;
the house discarded justice and the
earnest appeals of the people, and
voted, not in the interest of their con-
stituents, but directly in and for the
interests of the present dangerous
money power, and this to the end
that the Wall Street financial code,
known as the Window bill with all
its lnsiduous demonetizing clauses
may become the law of the land. It
is apparent to your committee that
there is no hope of relief in any man
ner of Legislation from the present
congress or any future congress rep
resenting the present dominant
political parties. This statement is
made in all fullness of the knowledge
obtained of the present status and
purpose of the present administra-
ton, as well as their moneyed allies in
the opposition party. In view of the
representations just given, we hon
estly believe it our imperative duty
to recommend and advise without
delay, political independence on the
part of the Farmers Alliance and
Knights of Labor, as an additional
argument for our conclusions, we
represent that in the city of Topeka,
on the 18th day of the present month
and year q convention of the Farmers
Alliance and Knights of Labor as
well as other industrial organizations
of Kansas was held. The purpose
and labors of that body are now well
known to all. 1t has prepared the
way for direct political action on the |
part of every industrial organization |
in the state by selecting state and
congressional committees, with county |
committees to follow IN due order;
and further it has called state con-
vention to be held in this city August |
13 next to nominate candidates for
state Offices with congressional and
county conventions throughout the
state to follow. Each and every can
didate pledged to the letter and spirit |
of the st. Louis platform, your COM
mittee deem it superfous to offer any
resolutions, as our work and duty lies
plainly before Us, and yet perhaps it
would be well to explicitly define our
position, we therefore offer the fol- !
loving resolution:
RESOLVED, That the Farmers ALI
ance and Knights of Labor of Shaw
nee county in joint convention
assembled this 28th day of June, 1890,
do most heartily endorse and ratify |
the action Of the Farmers Alliance
and Industrial convention held at
Topeka June II 1880, and that it is |
our pleasure and duty to carry into
effect the political action it has
recommended
Respectfully submitted.
n McCAuLEY,
@. w. MARsH,
A n. HAavxx, |
d. g. Joxrs.
EleyatoFs and our Surplus Grs;n.