Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-06-14
Extracts From Gen. Van Wyck'S Speech
Before the Farmers Alliance at
Genoa, Nebraska.

IuIo YOUR confluence dIlu tikt SIDcItcI
there until the clouds roll by" You
will find corporation papers playing the
eame role and giving gratuious advice.
Beware of them. few hOneyed phras-
es you will find interspersed with the
usual venom and meauness Of tie mo-
nOpoy press. Stand by the papers
which have stood by you in the dark
days, " hich have withstood the .eers and
insults, and promise of gain. but were
true to the right Do AS you are doing
organize in every precinct and school
district, lay the foundation for the cleo
ton of county officers. Don't worry
about politics for the present; they will
keep. The Republican party has been
used bv the corporations and combined
capital as the Democratic was by slavery.
There were good men then who wanted
TO save the Democratic party first and
freedom afterwards, rs there are good
to-day who are solicitOus about the Re-
publican party first. and their homes af-
forwards At this juncture with so
much at stake, you cannot afford to he
of that class. Both parties have factions
believing in the same creed; both have
high tariff advocates and reform adyO-
Gates and reform advocates, for a gold
basis and for contraction, also for eX-
pansion and free coinage; both defend
crs of subsidies for ships and ana mil
lions for war vessels. And the unwil-
]ingness to pass pension bills by the
present congress indicate antagOnism to
liberal pensions in both parties. No
matter what party administers the gov
trnment, Wall street will control the
finances and the treasury. Party lines
can only be drawn tight now i'm the in
terest of high protection and high trans
pOrtatiOn.
CUNNING sOLICTTUDE.
New converts from the railroad camp
will claim the prerOgative of directing
movements, advising you to 60 slow not
to be radical, not seek TO do too much.
Such extreme sOlicitude is needless, as
the people are always patien: and long
suffering. Although the provocatiOn has
been abundant, no act of injustice, no
threat of vengeance has been proposed
or passed into the statutes of any of the
states. Then that other Jeremy Diddler
will come the front, full of cant and
cunning of the political Pharasee, and
urge you to beware, and advi-e you to
trust your interests to the the grand old
party. That is where you have trusted
them during the years which have led to
yonr present disco ntiture, and the same
class belonging to an opposite party will
urge others not to stray away from the
fold, but continue TO vote the straighC
ticket This straight ticket business is
always sure refuge for corporation lead
ers of both parties. You know what in
spires that king of political patriots. The
testimony Of Mr.. ThurstOn, the logical
attorney for the Union Pacific, and his
coDspirators, shows that Union Pacific
money hired and paid just such straight
, partisans from both political parties to
USE their power, by wine, cigars, song
and story, 10 inveigle representatives
from their pledges and commit the most
infamous betrayals. The preservation
Of your homes and the comfort of your
families is above and beyond partisan