News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-07-10
Another Word to Farmers.

JOHNSON, W., July 1, 1890.
MEssRs EDITORS In a recent issue of your
paper noticed an article entitled "A Word to
Farmers" which was excellent and to the
point. Now what can be done to bring about
the election of farmers to our State Legisla-
ture? Farmers have attended past elections
with no understanding among themselves as
to who they will elect for office They have
worked on their farms day after day. while
the professional politicians or political bosses
have assembled on the street to talk the thing
up. They have selected their man. and then
at the election they influence others to vote
for him. The farmer comes in and because
there is no other man sup for the office" thew
vote for him, or if they do not vote for him
they are so divided that the politicians have
no difficulty in eecting their man. Now there
must be some remedy for this or the farmer
can never hope to hold the reins of govern
ment in his own hands as he did at the begin
ming of this government and while after
ward If the farmers will meet, and unite
and work together, they can elect our State
Legislature next September almost without
an exception. The States of Massachusetts,
New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, and Maine are waking up. They have
called meetings and organized what is called
the Farmers League. These organizations
are doing grand work.
The Farmers League offers a means where
by all members of the organization as well as
all farmers who don't belong to any society,
vance our country's best welfare by restoring
to farmers their former political prestige.
The hour is here for farmers to come to the
front in affairs of state VIII they do it or
will they leave the control of government af-
fairs as it now is and has been, and allow
trusts and wealthy corporations to rule? Let
farmers in Town, County, State and Nation
unite in this Independent non-partizan politi-
cal League. Let them carefully discuss and in
diligently decide what legislation and what
candidates they want. Then let them go to
the caucuses and conventions of their respec-
tive parties, with their minds made up as to
the men they want for candidates Let farm
ers compel the nomination of the best men.
BY united action, farmers can in short
time control our great political parties, purify
our politics, rule our Legislatures and Con
gress, and restore our government to the
people, so that government shall be by the
people, for aHthe people In this grand work
of fulfilling their political duties as citizens.
farmers will receive the hearty support of all
patriotic men and women in all honorable
vocations.
This practical assumption of selfgovern-
ment, by the producers of our great republic,
will effectualy guard our beloved country
against the evil tendencies which now beset it.
Let the farmers but lead the way through the
Farmers League and, without multiplying
political parties, they can unite all flithful
citizens in the work of reforming existing
abuses in local, County, State, and National
affairs. Certainly the men who stand by the
right in this bloodess revolution of the bal
lot-box, will do equally az patriotic work for
their country as did their forefathers who laid
it's foundations with fire and sword more than
one hundred years ago. s.. W.