The advocate., 1890-07-23
A LETTER FROM J. ,. TRUE.
NNWMAN. Kan.. JnlY 10, l9l

I
lowing:
We are frequently asked 10 express our opinion
as 10 the merits OF certain candidates for Office
and In some Instances 10 use our influence In
favor Of their nomination. These requests do
not come from men who are themselves candl.
dates buJ from friends who are sOllctOus that
they become candidates. We desire 10 aay IN
relation 10 all such requests that We shall make
no alluslOn 10 them whatever. This Is the peO.
ple's year. When they have selected their can
didates II they select good men, II viii afford us
great pleasure 10 support them. Until then we
have nothing 10 say, unless some candidate bObs
up who Is particularly obnoxious or specially ul-
no FOR the position tO which he asplres. In such
case We shall hlt him rap. This is not a good
year for Oflice seekers anyway. The people are
not looking for the man that IL seeking for
Oiilce.
Pray what is your objection to allud-
Ing 10 any and all persons who are
thought by your patrons to be suitable
and desirable persons to fll the various
offices Tor which the peoples party will
meet In very short time to nominate
candidates? Whom that convention will
place on their ticket is indeed grave
question. The veal or woe Of the new
party depends largely upon the wisdom
displayed in making the nominations on
August i3, or rather should we not say
on the intelligent, patriotic and disinter-
ested councils and conclusions that are
formulated in the intervening time?
The merits and dement's OF the various
candidates should, II seems to me, be
thoroughly discussed before the dele
gates meet in convention, else how can
they select the best men? The subdued
silence that has been maintained by your
paper and the leaders In this new politl-
cal movement Is TO me Ominous. That
the Farmers Alliance has been prosti
tuted for political purposes we know full
we'll. That II is now being prostituted
for personal ends we very much fear.
There is large number Of alliance men
who feel that we, by maintaining from
FIRST the proper attitude toward the old
parties, could have worked the desired
reforms through those parties and there
by kept the alliance intact for the legitl-
mate purposes for which IL was organ
ized.
The maneuvers Of the politicians in
our order have caused the dominant par
ty TO take positions notably deFering
their state convention till late In the
summer-whlCh In measure warrant
the people in forming a new party, but
the action Of the president of the state
alliance is such In using the machinery
OF the alliance TO call that party into be-
ing has done violence to the feelings of
many men In the Olllance-of many men
| will say who sincerely desire the re-
forms the new party proposes to effect
Assuming that the people wanted a new
party there WAS no more proprlety or
necessity Of his doing this work officially
than there was Of the bishop Of the Catho-
lie church in Kansas or the bishop Of the
Methodist church doing so in their
official capacity. But it has been done
as il has been done-wlll the scandal
cease hereS We trust it will.
II may be permitted, | will break the
silence by venturlng 10 name a man for
the head Of the ticket As we are now
all greenbackers, why not take an origin
al greenbacker, and as we are all labor
refOrmera uhv NOT kaka an ORIGINAL 1ahor