The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-23

Wedntsday The Democrats protcste'
against the limit, but the fearful major
lily voted them down, and tho mon
sirosity will probably bo enacted Int
law. G. A. 8.
\ From the indianapolis Sentinel.
Kitchener and the Farmcrs' Al
4 lance.
1 In one Of Murat IIalstcad's recent lei
tcrs to the Commercial Gazette we fins
the following interesting information
politics:
"Of conrec Chairman Michcner Of th'
republican state committee, with one ey'
0n Mr.. voorhces' scat in the u. s. senate
has the other on the Farmers' Alliance
Already he and his lieutenants IRE q
work secretly in the strong democratic
counties setting up the pins for the anti
democratic nominees for the next lcgis
lsturc. IL ten Of these democratic coun'
tics will return representatives Of ths
! Fsrmers' a lliance instead OF strsigh-ouI
" sfs democratic candidates, the o.
lisnce will probably name the next sena'
tor from Indiana. II IL in tho democrat.
ic counties that the alliance aeems TO b(
unusually strong. Mr.. Michener hal
much business 1t present with certain
gentlemen IN those counties. And %
the democracy have not established 4
trust that includes the farmers OF In.
diana"
There is no doubt Ia the world that I
Systematic attempt Is making by Boss
Michnener aud his crowd to manipulate
the Farmers alliance in the interests oI
the party which IL responsible for all the
great wrongs which the alliance vas 0s.
tensibly organized to redress. Evidences
OF this fact are multiplying al over thc
state. In the stanch democratic county
|Of Dubois the alliance has nominated 4
county ticket, In which al the important
offices (except surveyor) are con-
lccdctl 10 democrats, while the nomina-
ton for representative is given 10 re-
publican. A similar program has been
outlined for other democratic counties.
Senator Mount, ono OF The narrowesl,
bitterest and most intolerant republicans
in the last legislature. Is acting % IN
organizer for the alliance, and in that
capacity Il, without doubt, faithfully
carrying out Chairman Michener's in
structions. The scheme d, q Mr.. HAL
stead admits, 10 got ten or dozen ro-
,publIcans into tho legislature from
|domooratic counties . oo-collod repre-.
IooutnlIvo1 Of the Tarmoe5 allIanoo.
!, Onoo q tho lcgioloturo (heoo men. 4 4
|oocDuo1, wIll voeo = oond o ~ u. q
|ocunce ooDo oool of ~ unoooy Dovcr, @
vote higher taxes up0o eho l6vmors a
|lho interest Of monopoly, and "a every
way possible % help rfvot eho chains
which privilege and greed have lhstenod
upon The productive induotrioo Of lhe
country through The fundamentally Of
THE republican party.
But alhe best laid scheme or men and
mice gang 'aftaglec, and the little game
which Nichener q Co. are attempting
will not win. IL il. 10 USE an expressive
bit Of slang, stoo thin" The farmers OF
Indiana have had their oye-teeth cut.
They have learned that tho party al
Quay, Dudley aisd Wanamaker is owned.
body and soul, BY the trusts and mono.
poles. They We mean. OF course, the
great majority Of them m- understand that
this party is the party Of Wall-st. and
the money power that Il is the party of
the classes; that Il 10 pledged, as %
Organization to : program OF taxation,
the iniamy Of which is unspeaka ito
4 policy which licenses . few thousand
American citizens to plunder The great
body OF their fellow-counlrymen under
the forms Of law. They understand that
it IL the party which demonetizcd silver.
and is now preparing to enact legislation
which will establish the single gold
standard for generation at least: that
Il is the party which taxes, and proposes
TO tax still higher, the American farmers
ON the necessities Of their daily life, IN
order that tens Of millions Of dollars
may be gathered into the treasury, TO 70.
main there until Il is paid over to Jay
Gould, O. r. Huntington, and other
in the form OF subsl.
1ies for running ships that Il IL the party
which has decided that Indiana tarmors
shall pay . bonus TO the sugar farmers OF
Louisisna that it is the party which q
striving to wipe out state lines. 10 rob
the American people Of the right Of local
self-government. and 70 entrench itself
In power BY series Of wicked and dee-
peratc ensctments which will practically
revolutionizo our institution, and substi.
tute plp:ocracy for : representative
democracy, Il allowed to long remain on
our statute books.
r. Michener \ Go. suppose FOR one mo-
mement that the farmers Of Indiana can
be hoodwinked into longer supporting
the party which Il the author OF all their
wrongs, and which u openly committed
to their pcrpotuation In On aggravated
form which has reduced American agri.
culture 10 it, present desperate condi.
tion, and 10 plotting to further pauperize
and degrade it-if Michener B Co. lay
this hattcring JUNCTION % their souls,
Michener 4 20. are deceiving them
selves. Those tricks have been success-
fully worked IN Indiana 10 times past.
Grccnbackers, and representatives Of
organized labor, and other supposed
enemies Of privilege and class lcgisIstion
have been made tools Of BY the mono
polists In this state repeatedly. But the
time hes gone BY for this sort Of thing.
The farmers and the workingmen have
learned great deal In The past few years.
They ere on their guard. Forowarncd
is forearmcd. Mr.. Kitchener y wasting
hIs energies IN tho foolish effort TO