The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-01-30
THE EDITORS CHAIR.
HOW THINGS LOOK FROM
OUR STAND POINT.
The Opinion OF The Caucasian and
the Opinion Of others which we
Can Endorse on the Various
Topics Of the Day.

bia, S. g., dated January 23rd,
to the american Press AssocIa-
zion, says:
"Fhe executive committee of
the Farmers Association Of s. c.,
a political organization, which
has developed great strength
within the past two years has
issued an address to the Demo
Gratis of the State charging that
element Of the party now gov
erning the State with gross mis-
management, extravaganza and
inefiiCiency, and declaring that
the State never has had q Re-
publican form Of government,
but has been dominated and rul-
ed by an 'aristOCratic Oligarchy.'
\ call has been issued for a CON
ventiOn Of Democratic farmers
to meet i'll this city on May 9th,
to nominate u complete State
ticket"
We sincerely hope that II is is
a mistake, and at all events
that the "Farmers' \ Association
referred to is not the State Ali
ance. # this is so, they are
traitors to the principles Of the
organization they claim to rep
resent. The mission Of the Al
lance is not to inaugurate new
pOlitiCa movements, but to fight
for the correction Of existing
wrongs and iniqUities through
the party lines as already drawn.
In short, the existence of the
organization is an appeal to
Congress to relieve the burdens
Of the producer, the farmer and
labOrer,-tO stop bleeding the
many for the enrichment of the
few. The politician is eXultant
over the folly If the South
Carolina movement and says. 81
told you So that politics will
be the death of the Alliance"
But we regret the movement
not only as d citizen but as q
member of the organization.
Yes, such folly and unwisdOm
(if it cOntinues) means the death
of the Alliance, but a death,
like SamsOn's, the Democratic
party will die with it. We hope
to see better Judgment prevail
in this and other States. What
can q Governor or Il Stat, Leg
islature do to amelOrate the
tariff iniquity or improve the
| financial condition Of the Coun-
try by better banking system?
| Nothing! The Legislature IS
nothing more than a police
court, and the Governor is moth
ing more than the Mayor of the
State But suppose South Caro-
lima had q farmers Legislature
land if we are not mistaken, q
majority of its members are
now farmers) would itnOt di3ap.
point the people as ours did last
year? We have no sympathy
with any one class that desires
to rule. Our legislature should
have representatives from every
trade, class and profession in
proportion to the property anC
numbers of all. In the SOutl
the farmers predominant, there
fore the majority of the Legis
lature should be farmers. Bu
that is neither here nor there
relief must come through Con
gress. We must send men VIII,
cannot be influenced by the lob
byists Of rich men and monopO
lies. a majority of the mem
ber5 Of Congress today are tn
representatives of the peopl,
who are suffering from unjus
laws, and if they were true t,
their constituents the Farmers
Alliance would never have bee
| born. Then let the Allianc
fight through the primaries, u
through the convention, and o.
$ through the election, for man
whether doctor, farm er, lawye
or merchant, who has abilit
and known to be true as steel
If this were done in every con
+ gressional district, the next Con
= gress would be a revelation
Like Zeb Vance, every mem
q ber from such districts would
l carry on his forehead the labe
of an honest man, ana the cor
ruptionists would dare not az