Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-11-14
THE F4HuEBN ALLIANCE MOVE
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a,f week 5 election makes 1t very clear
that TN. Farmers Alliance movement Is d
uoatirsI force which must be seriously reck
oucd with DOB the future one of the most
surprising features of the elections Is the
-tarthneiy rapid development Of this move
msut. and the surces~ which 1t mas achieved
mn more than one state M wrestling not only
state office, and legislatures but congress
men and senators from the old parties et
tine constitution of the Alliance proclalms 1t
"a non partisan organization. and the moral
commonplace iu which It's purposes are an
u1unced are as inofensive as those of any
frareruaI order and have been known among
p.luclan- n- -'the platform of beatitudes
Hut Within comparatively snort time the
Leaders of the movement 900 the est aud
South have become convinced that nothing
could nu accomplished of "a practical nature
without gong directly into politics and
uomuatu- candidates They have sue
rretrd tl % remarkable degree IN detachln-
tuer followers from their former political
a--pcIatlnu- and preciptatlnU them. as an
extraordinarily compact force, into the p".
utical arena To- secure the objects which
they nave III view ut W lhNtNr N'iNN anu
ai,alu~t whatever odds The secret of the
strength ui the organization lies very large
Iy iu the completeness with which Its mem.
ber- have severed old party ties and the
.rnlicnes, of purpose with which they have
devoted themselves 10 overthrowIng any
parties or candidates who opposed them
In tine south where almost without
ceptlnu thr, had as individuals been act
my with the Democrats, they captured the
Democratic state convention in tennessee
ana COMPELLED the nomination of their can
dliate for governor, in Alabama they adopt
ed the same policy. with similar result
IN south Carolina, they broke down the old
b bourbon regime, and compelled first the
nomination and then the election of
Can't nllmau and m Georgia south Car
olina and elsewh mere they have either com
pell-d the Democrats to adopt their candi-
dates or have beaten them with their own
nominees no the West aud Northwest
where most of their members were former
lv Republicans they have poiied a heavy
vote in South Dakota IN Kansas they have
elected most of the congressman, and ln
connection with the Democrats have vote.
enough iu the legislature to prevent the re-
election of senator ingalls, m Nebraska
tnu, have secured the legislature and elect
nois and other states they have appeared
as a powerful and politically demorailzlng
force
And what does the Farmers Alliance
want Various things To begin with, II
wants cheaper money and lots of 1t Soutt
and West 1t Is a unit for the uurestrcteJ
coinage of silver Then 1t represents tht
same feeling toward corporations which
found expression IN the old granger move
ment 10 hates LAWYERS and will not sup
port one for office even to the Judiciary
In Minnesota at least and we believe ais
other states. 1t calls for the abolition of th'
supreme court Ii seeks the revaluatiOn o.
mortgages. clamors for the repeal of law
for the collection of debts. and contemplate
the taking possession of the railroads IN th'
interest of the people But its pet particu
lar object. to which 1t is devoted witt
special ardor IN the South, is what is know
as the "sub-Ireasurv scheme This Is
proposition that the government shall al
vance money TO farmers, taking their crop
on storage as security and issuing legal
tender notes against them. The curlou
measure has been introduced into bot
Houses Of Congress, and some of the strong
est Democratic representatives from Geor
gia and other Southern states were refuses
concentration because they would not pledg
themselves to sunport IT, Such is this new
organization. which reck0ns its member
hv hundreds of thousands and manifests
most determined purpose Its pohtica
career is not likely 10 he long nut II wi
bee stormy and eventful