Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-11-21

tilC IollUlCldIS WUtli Set III III tlitll Is.ltlc
There is a Peoples Party in Kansas. 1t is
fair and an honest party. But the ALI
ance men there will strike it down as soon
as any other if it does not advocate meas
ures for the benefit Of the whole country.
Schemers in Alliances Well, if there are
any schemers in your Alliance it is your
own fault. IT you see fellow in your AL
lance that wants an office. set down on him.
| (Applause). And there are some who talk
about having nobody but Alliance men for
office! Now take Georgia for example, and
see how that will work. There the Ali
ance has selected Pat. Calhoun fol- the
Senate. He is a railroad lawyer who has
done more for the farmers than any man
in Georgia. He did more than any man to
get the railroad freight put down 30 per
cent. in the State. The Alliance will not
prescribe man on account OF his Occupa-
ton. There are bad men everywhere, in
every vocation. All the virtue and knowl-
edge ISM confined to any one avocatiOn in
life. Take good man for what he has
done and what he can do.
There are fellows going around in ALI
ances abusing lawyers and merchants !!
Watch these fellows. They are either fools
OF demagogues. We have no prejudices in
the Alliance. Prejudice blinds man and
[ am opposed to it. l am opposed to party
prejudice, to sectional prejudice, to every
sort Of prejudice. We want moral Con-
gress. Some people will laugh at that, but
| tell you right here that if you want
good laws you can t do any better than to
send moral. Christian gentleman to make
them. Men who make bad laws are not
necessarily bad men, but 1t is their lack Of
moral staminae that makes them give in to
are not Prohibitionists. Like an old man
in Kansas said, times ale getting SO bad with
the farmers now that saving home is the
main question-We want home man can
go to, drunk OF sober. But we want no
drunken men to attend to our business for
us. The people should run this country, not
money OF whishey. We want no buying of
votes. There can be nothing worse than
corrupting the voters of a country The
Alliance has contempt for any man that
buys and any man that sells a vote. ZAP
plause.) In our home Alliance German
got up and proposed that we should not
vote Tor any man who used money OIL whis-
key in his canvass. 1t was adopted and we
beat man that was using both, and now
it don't take nickel to get an office in our
county.
Some say our sub Treasury warehouse
bill was unconstitutional. That was no
affair of Congress. The Supreme Court
decides on the constitutionality question,
Congress decides on the efficacy of a
measure. And if it was unconstitutional
what of that? The constitution has been
changed three times for the benefit of the
negro; why not change 1t once for the ben
eft of the white man? But you will see
that this question gets discussed at the
next Congress. We will have thirty-eight
men there next time to see that it is dis
cussed. (Applause.)
MI. Terrill in conclusion said he had al
ways been a Democrat and voted that tick
ct, but when any Administration refuses
good government to the people, then he was
for some other Administration that would
give it. He said the Alliance had thirty
States organized. In closing,he eloquently
for fraternal feeling between the
people of all sections of the Union.