Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-10
An Effort to Arouse the Political
Prejudices Of the Farmers
Alliance.

An Effort to Arouse the Political
Prejudices Of the Farmers
Alliance.
The old party organs are like the
man that had the bear by the tail,
they don't know whether to let go
or hold on, Ia the face of the present
organization Of the farmers alliance.
While the alliance is not political,
they will cast their votes for members
Of Congress who will advocate and
carry out their principles, and this
IN itself will down SO out Of every
hundred who sit IN Congress and
state legislature at the present time
a stroke of paralysis seems to have
stricken the fellows who formerly
yelled anarchy at the Knights Of
Labor, for the principles Of the al
! lance are identically the same. The
great work started by the Il. of i. is
almost accomplished and thousands
of farmers are now enrolling under
the very banners they were so used to
hear cursed and abused less than two
years ago. We can we'll say God
be praised the light IS breaking"
The bravest and best men IN the rank
and file are breaking loose from the
! demagOgues who have appealed to
their preiudices while they robbed
their wives and children. logan
! Freeman.
The above is from the pen of II. n.
Boyd, ex-member of the Legislature,
a politician, leader of the Union
Labor party in this county, and an
editor of as intensely partisan news
paper as there is in Kansas. Hardly
had there been a lodge of the Farm
ers Alliance, a non-partisan organiza-
ton, established in this county, before
the Freeman jumps to the front, and
attempts to stir up party prejudices,
and make it appear that no editor of
a republican or democratic newspa-
per can be friendly to the farmers
and their interests. How knowingly
and with what assumption the Free
man speaks, as to what the Farmers
Alliance will do-just as though he
himself, was the head-centre, the
Alpha and Omega of the great move
ment. All observing persons will
question the motive which prompts
the Freeman editor to attempt to head
off this great farmers movement and
| if possible use it to accomplish GER
tain political ends in this county. By
this unwise course we believe the
Freeman will retard and lnjure the
Farmers Alliance. It is not a pOliti
cal organization Members Of al
parties belong to it; newspapers 0.
every political complexion are friend
ly to it, and so far the order has haC
smooth sailing and all has been har
mony and peace. The Freeman Ii
the first Kansas newspaper so far al
we know to throw a fire-brand int,
camp, to raise the partisan war
whoop, and if possible, arouse the op
position of old party organs by mis-
representing and haunting them. Thi
was a very unwise and unft ir tbinI
. for the Freeman to do The leadIn!
= Republican papers of Kansas are fav
oring the Alliance; several of the NOR
, prominent Republicans of this count,
are enthusiastic alliance men, and tn
HERALD, ever since it has been unde
its present editorial management, ha
been an uncompromising foe of me
nopoIies and Trusts, and the persis
/ tent defender of farmers and tn
farmers interests and farmers organ
) izations. All this every reader of tn
! HERALD knows. Now when this goo
| feeling exists among members of al
political parties, and the newspaper
of every political complexion ar
: friendly to the non-parttsan Farmer
Alliance. and everybody wishes tina
the movement may accomplish GOOD
how lily advised is the F'reeman's az
ton to commence to stir up pOlitici
animosity, and get members of th
Alliance to pulling each others poIit
cal ears. Surely such a course wi
do no good and is almost certain t
bring discord and trouble. The Ere
q man must know that the membershi
5 of the Alliance is not confined to Vi
ion Labor men alone, but of a
+ parties, the Republicans probabl
being in the majority. The He
. AID is and has been in favor
d the industrial classes forming MOI
L partisan organizations as have Law
e years, editors, bankers and others