Arizona silver belt., 1890-08-23
Piass or ihe Farnsers' Alliance.
tspring6eld, Mass., Republican )

The leaders of the Farmers' Alliance gre credited with the belief that their order will have direct representation of twenty or more amongthe Congress men to be elected this fall. Some es- inmates put the number still higher, but all agree in expecting to elect alliance men from most of the districts in Geor- gia and South Carolina, and fair pro- portion of the delegations from four or five other Southern States: To this number it IS hoped 10 add scattering re, cruits from the West and Northwest, and here and there one from the Mis- sissippi Valley. This contingent of al. iance representatives in the House it is proposed to hold solidly together, and so retain the balance of power between the two old parties. In this way it is hoped either to control or materially influence the choice of Speaker. Be yond this it is an easy flight of the im- aginBtion to the selection of the com mittees and the general direction of the course of legislation. There seems to be no doubt but this Is the end serious " intended by the men who are man. aging of the alliance campaign and the dream is not so altogether bpseless as ut first sight it might seem to be. The twenty alliance Congressmen are almost sure to be elected, and the probabilities are that they will hold solidly together when once seated in the House. ln- deed they are bound by their alliance oath so to do. Moreover, they have a very clearly defined programme. They afi will have been elected on a platform with well-defined blanks. The South erners will all be loyal to the sub-treas- ury scheme, and the others will acqui- esce. All of them, from every section.
 q will favor low tariff and the repeal of the Mckinley bill. They will all wan. free silver, and'all be ready to support any scheme that will make money easy for the farmer" It seems to be an Sxiom of bucolic finance that the Treas ury Department does not perform its proper function so long as single far mer is burdened with debt Therefore if there be one thing that the alliance ..GG .sGG determined to ,lo as soon as 1t gets the power it is iG tarn the financial sys. tenn of the Government topsy-turvy. Therefore the National banks must go. and fiat money take the place of their notes. Therefore, also, this pur- chase of bonds at premium must be stopped, and the grip of Wall street be shaken of The farmer is to be king with the alliance to the fore, and 'Ai9 htito aiAu uiH CfbTS ufS 10 Ut IecUE- nized collaterals for Uncle Sam's cur rency. To these financial blanks in the alliance platform should be added the sociahstic blanks. These include the demand for Government ownership of railway, telegraph and telephone lines. It should be further said that the plat form IS no perfunctory expression of platitudes, but its demands represent the most alive of living issues to the member of this alliance. With ali his might he believes in them, and proves that belief by breaking party ties and deserting party leaders who do not agree with him. With this platform in mind il is easy to imagine what kind of q spectacle the House would present under alliance leadership.