The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-15

all thinrs q movement such as this
to be successful must nave unity OF
action. The charges OF the Great
West Indicate a condition OF cOrrup-
ton and rascality high in Alliance
circles that are simply astounding
and unless these charges are DIS
proved the Alliance enters the cam
paign in very crippled condition.
Weekly Nationalist:
The farmers have but just come in
to the labor movement, and are not
necessarily bound to walk upr1gnt.
Thus the Minnesota Alliances hrst
Convention held July 23rd, at st.
Paul, is characterized as complete
failure by it's own organ, The GREAT
WEST. which speaks of it, in con-
spicuous headlines, as ga loose-ioint-
ed Convention, run by fraud and
mastered by the Plutocrats OF the
twin cities. The labor delegations
are ssnide' in every respect. The
Australian law disobeyed ana me
farmers will crushed out. Only 5V
alliances represented out OF l2oo.
"The Alliance our contemporary
further tells us, "started off in style.
1t started in with headquarters at
the Merchants Hotel, 4 thank YOU
mid the bloom and blue blood OF the
great politicians OF the historic U. v;
PSF: the admission of delegates and
voting were a farce bogus iedera-
ton OF labor was got up which sent
So Delegates, and representatives
from the Union Labor Party, Knights
of Labor Gan organization whlcn
does not permit it's members, as
such, to represent it in any political
Convention), and other doubtful
bodies, were obediently whipped into
line to vote as the managers direct
ed. In short if our contemporary
is to be credited, all the old tricks
were played on the unsuspecting lar
mer. who, having no definite econo-
mic principles of his own, is neces-
sarily an opportunist, waverlng be-
tween the formation OF third party
and hanging on to the old parties
for such crumbs as they may choose
to charitably bestow.
It is we'll that such Incidents as the
forced resignation OF the Rev. Mr..
Foster, who has been compelled to
resign his Cincinnati passionate be-
cause he. would drag the social ques-
ton into his sermons, should be sent
the rounds of the reform and labor
press. Mr.. Foster is not alone IN his
martvrdom, he has many illustrlous
fellow. sufferers, and, as long as it's
present un-Christlike spirit animates
the Church, he will have many sue
cessors. The ministers, as aebody,
are profoundly to be pitied; they are
usually, as men Of leisure and educa-
ton, head and shoulders above the
average of the congregations that
use their churches for convenient
social centres; and as more and
more OF them catch the rising light
of the new thought, they will find
themselves in more and more impos-
sible relations with the Philistines
who hold the purse strings. We
should certainly notice all such ex
pulsions: they are tribute due to
moral courage that costs. no paltry
struggle; they serve to remind us o
how much all refOrmers have in com
mon.
There is trouble ahead, deep as tn
sea and as wide, for the politica
bosses of this country. There is {
state OF affairs and it is serious one
and it seems unadjustable from an.
party standpoint. 1t takes thous
and bushels of corn to pay the ia!
on an average Kansas farm; and al
the wool of whole flock OF sheep
together with the hides and meat O
their carcasses, to do the same thing
in Ohio. 1t takes ten THOUSAND
bushels OF corn, or the product Q
half dozen farms to pay the salar.
of a single public officer in Kansas
and the united effort OF the Who'll
wear to pay the interest on the mort
gage of the average farm in Illinois
Capital alone is protected as founn
invested in the manufactures or wit
the combines while the laborer onl.
sweats to increase the accumulation
of the protected trusts. The ques
ton of price is no longer fixed by TIN
cost of pl oduction, but by the loves
possible margin On which the pre-
ducers exist. Bountiful crops are
burden and mean depression rattle
than prosperity. The demand 10
dividends on values that were neve
invested are mercilessly wrested frO1
the commerce Of the country, the d.
mand being enforced py inter.stat
commissions and pooling associs
tions. which find their full warrar
in the law. Relief must come 500
to all the State lying West of tt
Alleghanies or both old political pa
ties will disappear as flax IN tt