The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-09-02
FROM KANSAS ALLIANCE MAN
rEufauls. Ala, Tin es.l

/ ouO A1OOOUlJ OAAJ S"O
Liberal Enterprise addressed a letter to
The writer of the letter published be-
!ow, whom we knew to be Secretary
Of a County Alliance (which county is
almost solidly Republican, and a
prominent Alliance men in the Safe,
(Kansas.) We take the liberty of
pu olishing his reply, that our people
may see whether or not the farmers
of the Northwest are really in earnest.
From the tone and temper of this
letter we are led to believe that In
gallism is getting below par in the
home of the boss bloody shirt shrieker,
aud that the farmers of Kansas are
ready to join with their brethren of
the South in a crusade against organ
lied capital and legalized robbery.
We publish the letter in full:
ToN4ANoxGE, KAN, July "a, 80
Ny DEAR Bro. GUNN:-Your inter,
esting communication of 18th ms re
ceived and contents carefully noted.
Yes, indeed, you can safely assure our
Southern brethren tha' the Alliance
men of Kansas are in earnest-in live
working earnest, too. We are tired
of electing national bankers to Con
gress who are Democrats, and nation
al bankers who are Republicans, then
finding when they get there that they
are no longer Democrats and Republl-
cans, but national bankers, first, last
and always; tired of paying lawyers
to make laws for us, and on their re
turn home paying them to find the
loop holes they left in the laws. We
are ash 4med of the Harrison ba lge-
two patches on our breaches in the re.
gion of the pistol pocket We recog
nize that what a man soweth that
shall he reap"-if he SOW national
bankers, he will reap national bank
legislation, railroad corporations attor,
neys, railroad and corporation laws,
farmers, legislation in the interest of
the farmer. We know there is more
money for the farmers ia politics than
raising cor at l5c. per bushel. We
propose to raise less corn and more poll
tics in future. We are aware of the
fact that if the sun is to shine on our
farms we must vote for our homes,
vote FIR the democracy of the Preside
and the republicanism Of home.
The Republican party of Kansas is
John James Ingalls,, the plant tool Of
the gold bug, who, in all his years in
the Senate, has never done anything
for the interest of the farmer or
laborer; his principal occupation his
been waving the bloody shirt" stir,
ring up sectional p~rejuices to array a
solid West and North against a solid
South, while the solid East steals t4e
solid meat. Johnnie's doom is pro
%nounced, because the people of this
State refuse to further consider the
tariff the only factor in u national
prosperity. They recognize the new
: Mason and Dixon | ne." With their
Southern brethren they have clasped
hands in friendship, and standing
around the grave of buried sectional
ism they have planted the white rose
of peace, with the united prayer that
it may bloom perpetually and forever.
We have repeatedly ~petitioned our
delegation in Congress, only to have
our petitions, like those of our fore,
fathers to King George III, ignored,
or Re blandly informed if we desired
such and such measures we must elect
Congressman pledged to those meas
ures, which, to US, means that the rep
resentatives of the people legislate for
the people only on such measures as
they are distinctly pledged to, and not
fool the people out of. We petitioned
for "free sugar" and will get the Nc
Kinley bill; "free coinage of silver"
and get no coinage after July, 1891;
for the Australian Ballot" and get
the Federal election bill for the con.
tinuance of the Imperial plutocratic
party's rules. We are tired, worn
out, disguised with the petition bust
ness in the old form. The next petit.
ton we send to Congress will be about
six feet long with brains on one end
and boots on the other.
In regard to us not urging the Sub
Treasury bill, l will say, while the
Leavenworth county F. A. and l. o..
was organized so late as January 2,
1890, yet from the Congressional Record
you will see we have the distinguished
honor of sending the first petition to
Congress for that measure. Our ALI
ance most heartily endorsed it. 1t was
thoroughly discussed throughout the
State and fully endorsed (Only one
Alliance, so far as the Alliance papers
show, refused to endorse it, This
State stands squarely on the St. Louis
platform-no if aad and's or guess
work about it. Assure III brethren
, of the South that the NEW Kansas del
egation will most heartily support the
Sub-Treasury bill. Loaning money
on real estate security to the people
free coinage of silver, adjustment o.