The advocate., 1890-10-22


the partisan press says 100 alliance men;
THE ADVOCATE says thirty. Now II this
be true that these alliance men met and
formulated a meeting, using the secret
work OF the order without an official call,
without proper persons or authorities TO
receive and give the word OF admittance,
ID Is a serious question In my mind II
they have not violated the rules OF the
order and could beexpelled. But be this
as It may, they think the majority should
heed what they did, as II would greatly
rebound TO our benefit, and yet just what
they did we are not apprised, But they
offer as an apology for entering that con-
ventlon that prior pledges had to be full
filed, thinking perhaps that this display
Of conscientiousness on their part would
win for them the reputation Of being
honest. But verify say unto you, the
man who will support an error against
principle after he finds II out is dishonest
with himself, or he never was in sym
pathy with the principle; or, on the other
hand, II he will continue TO support that
which is against his principles he is
traitor to both; and he that is traitor TO
one cause will be TO another and is not to
be trusted at any time; and although they
tell US they are working for US and are
not sincere with the party they affiliate
with, we will leave It TO any fair minded
person If II does not require more sub
stantial evidence than their own word for
it to prove TO us that they speak truth
fully, for without such evidence how are
we TO know on which side Of the fence TO
place them? And those who will coun-
tenanoe OTsupport political wrongs where
they know they exist, and after they are
convinced that they should act on other
principles, have not principles enough Of
manhood left to be relied upon to stick
10 the new for any length Of time, and
some of these have already told us that
they have been kicked and cufTed and
read out, and they will henCeforth work
no more for the peoples party, which
forces Us TO the conclusion that they have
never been convinced OF our great prin-
clples or with us, for when a person is
once thoroughly convinced Of the merits
of cause he will not feel a kick, he will
not mind a cuff, he will not hear what Is
said OF him; but he will, regardless Of all
that Is said and done, push forward with
all the vigOr Of his strength and power
TO aid and assist in bringing that cause to
a final success. And those who feel
agrieved that the peoples party does not
claim them must charge their grievances
up to themselves, for they would not join
with US, and those who are not with us
are against us. We can not accept pre-
tentlons in place Of hard, earnest work in
this hour Of sorest need. A member of
the republican state convention revealed
the fact to me that the old parties did
not propose TO discuss the issues; that
they were going to carry on a "button-
hole" campaign, and added with boasting
accent, "and that's where you are going
to get left" He said that the peoples
party we're going to lose by discussion,
but we have learned the tricks Of those
old party workers. They always advise
us against ourselves and we propose to
discuss, and such arguments and advice
could only come from a hired Hessian or