Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-09-24
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
They Refuse to BE Divided BY Designing
paIf

They Refuse to BE Divided BY Designing
Politicians.
The following letter from B Ii. Clo-
yer, Alliance candidate for Congress in
the Third Congressional District of
Kansas, was published in the Cotton
Plant an Alliance paper, published at
Orangeburg, S. c.:
HUTCHINSON. KAs., Aug. 4 1890
My Dear Brother Rogers, President Rock
Hill Alliance. No. 4s7, Greenville, S. c.
Your welcome letter of July 26, came to
hand in due me and was read with more
pleasure than any letter that 1 have re-
ceived since was an Alliance man.
It has been the dream of my life and the
desire of my heart that sometime I might
see Kansas and South Carolina clasp hands
in one long, fraternal grasp. How happy 1
am, my brother.
Yes, Brother Polk is q grand man, emil
nently fitted to lead the great and glorious
march of higher civilization of fraternal
love, a united people and patriotic people.
Kansas and South Cardinal Once the an
tipodes Of sectional strife Now the suffer
ing sisters of monopolistic greed and vicious
legislation.
Brother Polk won the hearts of all he met
In Kansas. The politicians are scared. No
SUI uprising was ever seen before.
We are making grand fight to down J. J.
Ing alls and show our brothers of the South
our love for them and their interest We
would have no trouble to defeat him il il
was not that the forty State senators hold
over, and he. owns most of them II we
could get at the old crowd, this fall he
would not blow his Infamous "bazoo" in
Congress next term, and we hope to defeat
him any how.
Kansas and the Northwest are coming to
the National meeting in December with
! their hearts open. There will be no mstak-
ing their feelings or their motives-"EQual
rfer oil ol -fxyfIa 81
/ none" Truth" their motto, and brotherly
love the sign by which they conquer.
Yes, we are singing "Good- bye, Old Party,
Goodbye" and no picnic or gathering Is
considered success unless a good, old :
fashione love feast of singing or speaking
is had.
We know we have a hydra headed mon
ster to fght, but with the help of God and
the prayers of our brothers, South as we'll
as North, we expect to succeed.
There is a little song book of Alliance and
Reform songs that contains the words of the
song you wish. The tune is that of "Good-
bye, My Lover, Good bye" 1 have not a
copy now, but will send you one In a day or
two. Yes, indeed, my brother, I'll send you
the book. God help the people to sing as
they never sang before.
had telegram of bro.herly love and
frateI nal greeting from Brother K. T. Stack
house and your State meeting at GreenvilIe.
/ Was abse when it came and was SO sorry
was not able to reply inn sdiately. 1t made
me SO happy that the boys thought was
crazy. 1 hav written Brother Stackhouse.
sent the telegram to our State paper, the
Advocate, at Topeka, Kan. The little
woman, dear sister in the great work, so
dear to all our hearts, is one of the editors,
and TO her gentle hand and loving heart
committed the task Of framing a reply to
the dear broi her of South Carolina, who so
kindly remembered us at their meeting. I
can not wri;e all would like; you know my
heart. Heaven bless aud reward you. Write
me again. Tell others to write 1--WE are
| one" Meet me at National IN citing Al
ways your brother, B. H. CLOVER
President Kansas State Alliance