Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1890-05-02
WARNING TO FARMERS.
Let Them Look to the Demo
cratic Party and Not to
Third Parties for Relief.

tNtsS NAUJ @hu ANVO w
Third Parties for Relief.
The executive committee of the
Georgia State Alliance has prepar.
ed series Of questions which ii
earnestly urges all Alliancemen to
present to candidates for state or
national offices and if adopted ia
demand that such candidates
pledge themselves to this plat.
form.
This demand seems to be
peremptory. Alliances are request.
ed to secure unequlvocal answers.
There seem to be no delay or
compromise. The platform laid
down by the executive committee
is practically before every man
running for office in Georgia, and
it is for such candidates to say
whether they will adopt them or
run the chances of being opposed
by the farmers OF Georgia.
The Chronicle respectfully sub
mits that such an ultimatum is
undemocratic. The demand of the
executive committee Of the AL
lance should be submitted to the
state convention of the Democratic
party Of Georgia. We do not
acknowledge the authority of any
other body to adopt a platform Of
principles for political candidates.
The Farmers Alliance, as worthy
and strong as it is, has no au-
shorty to apply a test to can,
sdidates for public office. A
schedule of principles formulated
by thTee or tour men and submit.
ted :as test for Office can have no
biading authority npoa the can
didates or the people. 1t is an
assumption entirely beyond the
scope of q Farmers Alliance or
any other alli&nce. Thesr appeal
should be to the Democratic party,
which name the candidates and
furnishes the ,politiea creed for
sshe domiaent patty IA Georgia.
An organization mliith seeks to
norestall the action of the Demo.
cratic party in Georgia and which
puts forth its platform ssf princi-
piles as the infalkhle tests for
political competency eannet lie re.
garded. 1t will lose it's influence
just to the extent that it assumes
ITO dictate q political policy ia ad-
vance or 10 place OF tho Demoera.
aic party. Admitting .shat the
principles laid down by the ex.
ecutiYe CON mittee. af.tbe alliance
were sound, we do net consider
that such % committee hos the
right to obtnde.its altlinatttm as |
the touchstone of soEndness of
public men, when the Democratic |
party has net spoken aad its poll
cy remains undeclared.
But we can not admit that ALL
the policies advocated by the All
alance committee are sound.
Leaving out one or two points in
the platform, against which such |
just exceptions might be taken, |
We submit that the abolition oil
the national banking system in
the present condition of the oaun.
try, and until some better fiscal |
feature could be devised, night
'sring disaster to business inter-
ests. Certainly the sub treasury
Dill will not be insisted upon as a
vital point of the Alliance plat
form. 1t cannot be adopted 40 al
Democratic measure, tor it is re
pugnant to the principles of the
Democratic party. The Blair bin
was condemned in the South be
cause it placed the control of the
schools In the national govern
n'ent because it centralized edu-
cation by national subsidy and
because it was hostile to the Jetrer-
sonlan principles. The Alliance
committees platform, article four,
asserts the principle that state
and national taxes shall be levied
Tor revenue and limited to an