The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-06-19
COMMUNICATION.

questions.
First, are the leaders of the ALI
ance working for the good of the
producing clRssl Or are they as MI.
Donnelly says "working to feather
their own nest" When a leading
and a CONT olling light in the alliance
talks as Mr.. ID. does, of their chief
men, Is 1t not time to hesitate and
| tells us that HOdgsOn and Sprague are
| fixed with a $1,000. salary. Fixed by
who! BY the Republican party of
course. the same party that Mr.. d.
! helped to put into power. He, MI. D.,
| talks we'll to the public in the interest
! of the common people and has done
80 for years. But What has been his
action! lie with AOdgsOn and
! Sprague, FuriOng and Fish and many
others of the leaders Of the Alliance
have been trying to get fixed, each
and every one of them, and the pro-
ducing class is being crowded to the
wall by the monster High Protective
Tariff, and are writhing as it were in
its embrace; they are in many cases
misleading them, and really helping
10 make their burdens heavier
These same leaders talked just as
well to you for reform two years ago
and what did they do, they, HOdgsOn
and Hlxson, Hall and Donnelly, and
most of their leaders advocated and
supported with their votes the Nc
Kinley Republican platform, wherein
| they said: Rather than surrender
any part of their Protective system
TO cut down the revenue" they wonll
take the internal revenue wholly of
whisky and tobacco to reduce tn,
surplus. But the necessity Of reduc
ing the surplus will not exist tw,
years hence. AS the Republican,
have a way of getting away will
such things.
Mr.. Il. says he Twas man Of emf
nence and influence before the ALI
ance was born and would be when !
was dead" Now when a man VIII
has done more to build the Allianc
than any other, talks thus; what re
form can you expect to accomplish
by working with them as party; a
best they are only a local party. AM
their leaders OF ability know tina
they can accomplish nothing that i
real reform, unless you Call it reform
to feather their ne6t.
Most of the states know of 40 Ali
ance organization, and to effect re
form in any line you must act with
party that is national. You hay
. two such parties. One has the powe
CT the government in its hands Ell
tirely. The other having no cfIlcis
power of control in the halls of Coz
greSS, or in the executive chair, bu
having majority Of some loo. 900 I
the voters with them are, o.
been powerless.to shane
the last I,hjlty : ca
: I of the law making power no-
:gainst tnFTn all of'the time. Nov
We know that the Democrats advocat
strictly revenue tariff and Away
have, and they would make it as Low
as it is possible TO do upon the neces
saries of life letting the luxuries pa
higher duty, and it seems to me a
if it was folly to try to build part
to do a thing. that it requires
nation to act on, wnen there is
national party in existence that
advocating the same principle, and
ask all men, that are genuine in thei
=, desire tor reform to pause and thin
what they ought to do.
1t ought to be easy for a Democra
|. to decide his duty; for to act with
third party means political suicide, a
it divides the party interested in r.
form and 1T is impossible for thi
3rd party to meet with success onl
: in some local way where they ar
! powerless to effect any reform and
others are genuine in their belief
refom, why hesitate to act with tn
party who has chance to help yor
Because you have opposed the Demo
Gratis is no reason that you shout
always oppose them. The onl
national question now is: "a Nc
Kinley Reform Tariff Bill or
, genuine reform one, lone shaped in tn
p interest Of the mlllionares, and th
other in the interest of the commo
t people.
, This Tariff question will not dowr
for It's sapping The life out of thi
people and must be changed or it wi
lead to revolution.
Let as try and act intelligently i
p this matter and not be led by me
. who are working to feather thei
own nests as Donnelly says. But
q have already taken more time then
, intended 80 close.
- Yours AS Ar OLD GRANGER.
t ALONE ON WHEELS.