Workmen's advocate., 1890-12-13
FARMERS REVOLT.
ASPIRATIONS TOWARDS AUST
 SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT,
The ">olid south and solid North Broken - The "Bl00dy Shirt Buried - Politicians schemes
 Puncturcd --- Economic
 Principles Tested.

We here reproduce aa worthry of pcrusal, in fact, of close reading the following article from the National Re- former, upon the lessons of the cam paiEn. Judged by the light of some of the proceedings at OCala, also by the prn. cples underlying the social evolution in the emancipation of Labor, some of the sentiments therein contained may be beyond the actual aspirations of the or ganizcd farmer, while others would not bear the close test of scientific scrutiny. Nevertheless those sentiments bear the unmistakable ring of the earnest as pirations towards .juster social adjust ment that are now heard throughout the land. The Reformer says:
 The election is over Whatever of vi tuperation and misrepresentation may have been resorted to during the cam paign is now lost sight of m general re- iocng on one side and ingenous ex- plantations on the other. As the smoke of contest clears away we can begin to
 
 impartial observer there is more in it than the defeat of one party and the victory of another. IL is the indication of mighty revolution It is that pecu, Harly lndiscrbable condition of the at mosphere that precedes the coming storm
 While the Democratic party claims the victory, the more conservative ones cannot fail to see in the conditions which brought 1t about menace to their own supremacy. It Is not so much Demo cratic victory as it is a Republican de, feat *H*
 The independent vote has rendered doubtful to either party every one of the Northwestern States In many States of the South the dominant party has only maintained it's supremacy by liberal concessions, or vile misrepresentation The effect of the wholesale desertion from the Republican party of the North is a menace in the supremacy of the Democratic party of the South. It was "Solid North" that made Solid South" The magic spell is now broken. Sectional strife and extreme partisan hatred have received their death blow. The "bloody shirt is thing of the past. It is not worth while to mince matters. The people are tired of bosssm and class Legislation They are putting the past behind them. They are grasping the live issues of the day. They are determined to press them to the front. Their demands are reason able, and they have made up their minds to he put off no longer, The trouble with the leaders of the existing political parties is that they do not live close enough to the people, ***
 Their premises being false they pro- ceed to set up whole system that is equally so. They base their system upon principles laid down centuries ago under vastly different conditions. But the men who are suffering from these false systems are studying economic principles from another standpoint They see the wives of their bosom, whom they have vowed to love, cherish and protect, denied the rest and re. creation, the opportunities for social and intellectual culture and the enjoyment and privileges possessed by other men E wives who do not work so hard. They see their children clothed in rags and denied the privileges of education. They see themselves compelled to labor so constantly that they have little time for mental and social culture. And to what end 2**
 This is the problem the people are solving. Is it the tariff that is causing this unnatural condition2 If it was, the manufacturers would be the principle owners of great wealth. **
 Railroad corporations that carry to ,l ba ,rnI,ntp ,,F Inl, rich ; the men who create the products get poor Then there is something wrong in the railroad system. Bulionists, brokers and bankers who furnish the money of the country grow wealthy the people who are compelled to borrow this money and use it get poor, Then, there is something wrong in the money system. So on down through the list of the coal barons, Standard Oil men, in. surance companies. loan associations and manufacturers. Wherever one party in the transaction Is growing immensely poor and the other immensely rich, there Is something wrong in the system. All these questions have figured extensively in the last political contest. The people are beginning to comprehend the situa ion, and, while an appeal to their passions by over jealous politicians and a subsidized press characterized both for duplicity and ignorance, has here tofore inspired them to applaud their respective partisans and make faces al each other, that day is past.
 For years they have been the anlmu' which has furnished coherence for bott parties The spirit of partisan hatred has been encouraged and fed by un scrupulous and ambitious politicians 0 both parties, They have been positiv, and a negative quantity. The Alliance, demands form the connecting link witt the people. The circle is complete. 4