The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-17
PARKHR'S PROTEST.
Against the Betrayal Of the
Farmers Alliance
INTO DEMOCRATIC HANDS
l'y the Editor OF tho State Organ...A
Member OF tho Executive Com.
mittcc Exposes n Dissraccrul
Dcal..-An Open Letter.
sp.tta, Dipa,eh 10 The Iat,llioenetr,


Special Dipaeh 10 the Iat,lliaener.
FAlnMoSr, W. Va, Sept. 1G.-Th,
following open letter. to the editor Of tn,
Farmers -1drocate, by Capt. L. L. Parker
member OF tho Executive Committee O.
the West Virginia Farmers' Alliance
will be read with interest. It has been
handed TO the ISrELLldxNcEE represent
alive for publication. Captain Parker
like many other members Of tho ALI.
ance, Is indignant at the apparent aell
out to tho Democratic party Of the
Alliances organ. Following is the lot.
ter In full:
RivEsvitLE, W. Va, Sept. l3., 1890.
Par E,oihsr JyorFow, Ediior Fa msss' AdYoca,t
received to-day sample copy Of the
Farmers Adrocate, published by you, dat.
cd September IL, 1870. twas handed me
by a brother and is the first copy | have
had the pleasure Of seeipg since you were
elected editor OF the State Farmers' Ali.
ance Of West Virginia. l desire 10 say,
asa member otthe Executive Committee,
to my brothessin III the Alliance that pre-.
iestagainett the partisan manner In which
youeulpgizsJudge Lucas, Hon. w. L.Wil.
son, the Democratic purity in general and
the freo trade party in particular. Also,
the unkipd ana sarcastic epitbeis nsed
by ycu in reference TO Hon. George Har.
mon and the Hon. F. NJ. Reynolds. You
are aware, Brother Morrow, that the
Farmers Alliance Of Wes. Virginia Is not
apolitical organization. You are aware
that the Farmers Alliance OF West Vir.
glnia has never declared in favor Of free
trade, which you advocated In your pa.
per Of yesterday. You nlso know
We have not, nor do l think we
ever will as an organization, de-.
clare in favor OF the election Of
The Hon. ". l.. Wilson 10 Congress.
We have never authorized you to advo-
cate tho election Of the Hon. Daniel
Lucas rs Judge OF the Court OF Appeals.
We have never authorized you to parade
ut your masthead the candidates Of auy
one party or faction headed by
Daniel Lucas or auy one else.
You assume TO speak as the
official organ OF The Farmers' Alliance of
West Virginia, which you are not
authorized to do by tho Executive
Committee or any cne else, SO fur as the
Alliance as an ar.an;z ,tion is concerned.
We don't ull look through the same
glasses that you do. Some Of us are
Republicans, some Democrats, come are
Proiiibitionis,e, some are Union Labor
men, all united in order to promote our
interests as laboring men and producers
OF thd foil. We ere not ready for the
demolition OF our organization to satisfy
a few OF our brethren in promoting the
interests OF men and measures that
never did US any good. The laboring
man, and especially the coal miners OF
this State, have been DECEIVED by the
politicians about as long US they arc
going to be. The farmers OF West Vir-
gipia are taxed beyond their income by
the State and county in which they live
TO such m extent that they become
poorer every year. You ask us as An
organization to vote for Judge Lucas, a
man who 10 born leader OF men and a
born kicker OF men, man who repre-.
sented the people Of Jefferson county in
the West Virginia Legislature OF 1884
and 1855, and later Cn in 1856 and 1881,
aud who stood up in the Legislative
halls in Charleston and denounced
everybody that was opposed to Dan
Lucap. In ali his brilliant statesman
ship in this State and as substitute in
the United Staten senate what did he do
for the farmer, the miner or laborer
Not ono thing. And you ought to
knowit.
How can you, Brother Morrow, as an
advocate OF absolute free trade, support
William L. Wilson for Congress when
you know he voted to put q tariff on
coul? II it was right to protect our coal,
and Mr.. Wilson by his vote said it was,
is it not also right to protect our timber,
our wool, our farm products 2 Play, tell
us poor ignorant farmers, miners and
workingmen OF the Second district, what
Mr.. Wilson has done for US during the
six years he hes been in Congress? You
state in your issue OF the 18Th that it the
Democratic party nominated Lucas to
be slaughtered at the polls there would
be n "monkey and parrot time here
aiter.n Brother Morrow, you certainly
would not ask the Alliance to support {
man whom we believe, judging from the
psst, should he not be elected, woulc
turn around and kick US to death in ou
infancy, before We get cut OF our cradlt
as an organization. u.
=. Fraternally yours,
Z. L. PARKER.
Memrer Executive Committee W. Va
Farmers Alliance. M
The Farmers Adrocnie will please pub
lish this letter as it appears in the In
TyLL,GENcER.' BY request Of
L. L. PARKER,