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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-26

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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-15
NO, THANK YOU.

WE have received a letter from
w W. F. Wakeman, of Kansas
City, Mo-, or New York City (he
names both places in his letter. ask,
ing US to write an editorial on the
new tariff l3t!, which proposes to put
a duty of Is per cent. on hides. We
will do nothing of the kind. The
only tariff bill we will endorse is one
to tax all manufacturers 80 per cent.
in order to protect the infant industry
known as the farmers of the United
States. This tariff bill to protect
leather men will never be any advan-
tage to u farming people.
Nh. Wakeman says: "The largest
consumers Of leather are the farmers
who furnish the hides .(the raw ma
teriaD for leather. For some years
the foreigner has controlled the price
of leather in this country"
That is all right, brother. "The
farmers are the largest consumers OF
leather" They want cheap shoes. If
the bill becomes a law the price of
shoes will be raised taOlce Is per cent.
No, this is not our day to write an
editorial in favor Of a new monopoly.
MI. Wakeman must wake up and call
again. We are too wide awake to
lend our assistance to his big scheme.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-15
POLICY.

I'VE invite attention to an article
w with DANGER SIGNAL for a cap
ton.
Patrick Henry Justly said: "Tell
me where and when did freedom ex-
list, when the sword and purse was
taken up from the people. Unless a
miracle in human affairs interpnsed,
no nation ever retained its liberty
after the loss of the sword and purse.
Can you prove by any argumentative
deduction that it is possible to be safe
without one of them? If you give
them up you are gone"
The purse has not been taken from
us but its contents has. As Shylock
puts put it: "The prop has been re-
moved" and now the sword is to be
taken from US. At no time, though
often attempted, has any Congress
been willing to take away the author
ity conferred in Washington's time
that of every citizen having his rife
from the American people.
Will this new military measure
pass?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-15
( BANEFUL PARTY SPIRIT.

INTENSE party spirit in times OF
Il great political excitement is natur.
al, and often under it's influence men
and parties are driven to do things
which are manifestly unjust and detri-
mental to the public interest. If the
great body Of voters, however, have
an intelligent conception of the issue
and are conservative, vigilant and
Jealous of their rights, the remedy is
in their hands and only temporary in
jury may result. But where the voter
becomes Indifferent to great political
and economic questions which vitality
effect his interest and transfers the
responsibilityIof looking after them to
another, he is criminally ~neglectful of
one of the highest duties of citizen
ship. This Indifference as to p4blic
affairs among the masses of our PEG.
pie has wrought ~incalculable damage.
They have piled their vocations while
the partisan and demagogue have for
purposes Of self aggrandizement or
party supremacy, skillfully planned
to use the people for these ends. I'm
restrained and encouraged by this at.
titude of the voter, the party leaders
have assumed not only to do his
thinking, out arrogate to themselves
the right prerogative of debating to
the voter how and for whom he shall
vote, King caucus has thus been
enthroned and he is in American poll,
tics today ~imperious, autocratic, ON.
ipotent. In political bodies, in legis,
latures and in Congress his highness
must be consulted and obeyed. His
DEGREES are as memorable as those of
the Gar of Russia. He is sometimes
appealed to in the interest of the pub.
lie, and never fails to hear the plans
and schemes by which the personal
political interest of party d~evotees are
to be promoted. Often in our legis.
%latures and in Congress, measures
however m]eritorious, are consigned
to silent oblivion by a wave of his
sceptre. Within the past few years
we have witnessed many humiliating
Illustrations of this baneful power.
Free thought and free action in
politics must be the groundwork of
party fealty and party allegiance
Men must do their own thinking
search for truth-inform themselves
as to their duties as citizens, and
then give their allegiance and support
to that party or man that will best
promote the best policy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-15
THE CONSTITUTIONAL THE
ALLIANCE.

WE are in receipt ofa letter from
w Mr.. Clark Howell, managing
editor of the Atlanta Constitution, in
regard to an article in The PROGRESS
FARMER last week entitled can
Alleged Friend"
The article in question was origin
ally from the Southern Alliance. We
clipped it from the Atlanta Journal,
The article published two years ago
was a reflection on the Alliance, but
the following statement from Mr..
Howell will show that a correspondent
was responsible for the sentiment ex.
pressed; that the editors of the Constt-
tuition did not even see it until it was
in print:
I'm the first place it was not the
editorial utterance of the paper, but
was contained in a communication
from our correspondent at Newman.
1t reached here at night, and in the
rush for copy the night editor sent in
the communication without noticing
it's attack on the Alliance. The Con-
s.itution very promptly Strengthened
the matter editorially, and of course
repudiated the statement OF its local
correspondent. Long before that we
had had many kind words for the
organized movement among the farm
ers, and since then our columns have
contained much in its favor, and moth,
ing against it.
I make this statement that justice
may be done the Constitution. If you
think it correct to make any reference
to it through the columns of your
paper we will be glad to have you do
so.
With assurance of esteem, I am,
Very truly yours, .
CLARK HOW'LL
We take pleasure in publishing
this explanation from the Constitution
and accept it as facts.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-15
SIGNIFICANT.

KNHE farmers of Kansas, in conven.
Il ton two weeks ago, adopted a
resolution, saying in effect that as
Senator ingalls, had been in the
American Senate for eighteen years
and had never c~hampioned a single
measure for the benefit of the agri-
cultural and laboring element Of Kan,
sas, that they would, therefore, not
vote for any man for the legislature
who would favor the reelection of
Senator ingalls,.
To us this is the most significant
action touching politics and public
service that has occurred in any one
State in the decade of years.
This action is a proclamation. It
is the slogan to which the farmers
all over this land will rally as one
man. Its true Interpretation means:
First, Death to sectionalism.
Second, That the farmers of Amer
lea intend hereafter to hold public
servants to a strict accountability for
the manner in which they discharge
their duties.
Senator Ingalls, was the acknowl,
edged leader of a great and powerful
party in his State, bat he vas essen,
TALLY a sectional agitator. That con-
vention, we take it, contained many
of his old political associates and
friends, but to them the bloody
shirt" had no charms and quietly
and with great dignity they deliber-
ately sat down on him and he will be
no more.
Verify the world is moving and
politicians who have been ~neglecting
their people would do we'll to medi-
tate on the end of this great sectional
orator and take heed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-15
lust what we want and what we need,

just what we want and what we need,
and that IS What we are going to get.
But it is all for the best. We will
get our railroad commission. The
people of this country are working up
to the point where neither the Consti-
tuition nor the Supreme Court will be
an obstacle, for the Constitution can
be changed and amended so as to
meet the wants of the people. It
must be done. It can be done. 1t wIl
be done. If you will read an col
Tarheel's" letter in this paper tn
week about the rich, lazy Senator
doubtless you will agree with us th
it is time to put somebody in whoI
not so rich nor lazy. That is the
remedy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-15
ON WE GO.

I will be seen by reference to an
l. article in another column that the
Alliance is marching on in every direc-
ton. We r proud of the record
in North Carolina. Secretary Bed
dingfeld informs us that 80 Sub ALI
ances have been organized since the
first of January. The county reports
are now coming in and nearly all of
them show up well. Only two coun-
ties heard from have fell back and
they are in the eastern portion of the
State and such was expected. The
increase in membership is consider
able. Backsliders have been re-
claimed.
There r several reasons for this
advancement. The district lecturers
have done a great deal. The excel.
lent management of the State Business
Agency has been another factor in
the upbuilding of the order. Bro. S.
Ohio Wilson has done a grand work
since he has been travelling in the in.
terest of the Agency. He has been
In more than 40 counties in the State
and much of the credit of the success
of the Agency is due him, for hA has
been an interchangeable worker all along
the line.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-15
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION

It has become a matter of general
understanding that the Farmers ALI
ance has resolved to pledge, if posi-
BILE, the candidates for election to our
next legislature to a railroad commits
sion bill. This seemed feasible until
the Supreme Court of the United
States rendered the pledge a fruitless
one. In a late case, up from Mime
sofa, the court holds that a State can
not exceed the requirement of a
reasonable freight and passenger
charge" and then leaves the matter
of reasonableness to a jury as a ques-
ton of fact. The full text of the
decision has not come down, but if
the partial report is correct, then a
State or a States commission cannot
fix a rate. This of course will neces-
state the abandonment of the plan
for a railroad commission in North
Carolina.
We have neither time nor space for
a lengthy reference to the above
article from the Salisbury Waterman.
It seems that two of the justices of
the Supreme Court we're averse to the
decision rendered. So there is room
for doubt as to the constitution atty
of the ruling itself. If the Watchmoan
is correctly informed there is still a
chance for a commission anyho =.
North Carolina will not ask for al =
thing more or less than ga reasonable
freight and passenger rate" That is
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-15
THE OUTLOOK.

IN the older Alliance States the
L growth a2d progress of the order
is steady and substantial. Thousands
of farmers, many of whom among
our most conservative and intelligent,
have held aloof from the order, but
now they are conlng in with enthusi.
asm. They are now satisfied that the
Alliance is the oest organization for
the laboring F"ople that has ever
been devised, out more important
still, they have become convinced that
the only safety for the farmer and
the hope of the country is to be found
in organized cooperation. When
State body shall meet in Asheville on
the 18th of August, the roll call will
demonstrate that the order has great.
ly strengthened in North Carolina,
and the same gratifying fact will be
brought out all along the line. In the
new territory the most active interest
and enthusiasm pre- sails. Organize,
cooperate, agitate, educate are the
watch words. Kansas has nearly
trebled her membership since the
consolidation at st. Louis. Dakota
is ablaze, Indiana will be organized
on the 18th inst. at Indianapolis,
West Virginia, New Jersey, Michi.
gan and illinois will soon follow. At
our next national meeting we conf.
IDENTIFY expect the great States of New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio to an
swer at rOll-call. Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, North Dakota, Montana, Wy
oming, Nebraska and California are
moving. The future is bright and
cheering with hopeful promise. Let
the grand column go forward and
gather strength and power as it
moves.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-15

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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-15

There are in the United States 20.
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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-25

The manuscript of Kittle Halvor-
sons acceptance of the nomination
for Congress in the 5th District was
handed to us for publication, and it's
non-appearance is not Intentional.
1t is enough to say, probably, that
Mr.. H. accepts the trust.
The only regret we have in the
nomination is that the name E. H.
Atwood appears as one of the com
mittee. May we ask if the nominal
ing convention complied with the
Australian law? Mr.. Hall was presi.
dent at Fergus Falls, and he refused
to comply at St. Paul though it was
demanded of him by Dr.. Fish! Mr.
Atwood is not and cannot be mem
Der OF an alliance, and we should be
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-25
Campaigning.

The coming of the campaign re-
minds us OF what the alliance would
have had in Mr.. Donnelly as a leader
other than in his great popularity
for truly no man in any state has
the sympathy and love of the labor
ing masses as has this great orator.
There are enemies-but not one in
ten-they are generally the political
agents of the corrupt leaders.
Mr., D. is probably the most active
and successful campaigner in the
west. In 1873 he attacked the
proud and wealthy Washburns in
district giving 5000 majority to the
regular ticket. 1t was a novel sight,
then, to see a "bolter" enter the Hen
nepin district against the high and
mighty. But Mr.. Donnelly brought
the tremendous energy of his being
into the field, and actually defeated
Washburn by 700 votes in the dis
trict outside of Minneapolis-and IN
Minneapolis Washburn barely saved
himself by the hummer element-so
close that it has always been held
that fraud elected him.
In 1884 Mr.. Donnelly entered the
conflict in the Sd Cong1 District
against Maj. Strait. 1t was held
that Mai. Strait used $4,000 in the
campaign. He had the party ma
chine, the newspapers, and ten thous-
and party majority to bank upon.
Mr.. Donnelly's total campaign ex-
penses were $65O-with no speakers
to mention, and no newspapers-and
that 10000 majority was whitfield
down to $50!
Mr.. Donnelly never was nominated
for an office by the democratic party
though we should be just as we'll
satisfied it he had. He has been en-
dorsed twice-when nominated once
by the boiling republicans and once
by the alliance. But wherever he
was, his one great issue was the
rights OF laboring humanity-in fact
1T has been his one only issue for
years.
We sicken at the thought of the
little upstart Hall, the accident OF an
hour, made famous by his annihila-
ton at the hand of Donnelly, being
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-25

A great deal Of general state news
crowded out this week by the Conven-
ton Report and Erwin's speech. Our
other-state subscribers will please
take note that for years the Alliance
OF Minnesota has been run in the in
terest of the two old parties-and
they hate to give up their grip. The
GREAT WEST says they must give up
or we husband just now they seem
to be on top!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-25

1t is gravely asserted that Mr..
Wesenberg, the editor of the Duluth
Skandinav came to the State ALI
ance and voted without credentials
Mr.. Wesenberg voted steadily for
Hall, and if he really had no creden-
tials from a labor organization he
committed a very grave offense un-
der the Australian law. This is the
more serious inasmuch as he is a can
didate for Secretary of State on our
ticket. We trust that he can clear
this matter up without shadow
resting upon himself or our ticket.
The statement made to us is abso-
lutte and unequivocal-from a labor
representative-and admits of no
suppression upon our part.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-25
For Treasurer,
ERIC MATHIESON,
of Lac qui Parle County.
For Auditor,
p. H. RAHILLY,
of Wabasha County.
For Attorney General,
J. NJ. BURLINGAME,
of Hennepin County.
For Clerk Supreme Court,
F. w. KOHLARS,
of LIE Sueur County.

The above is the ticket put in
nomination by the Convention OF the
Alliance held last week Wednesday
and Thursday. It is in many re-
spects a strong one. We will not at
present, give the candidates a review,
but in future issues will give sketches
of each. No man has occasion to
blush for these men. They are, al
most without exception, men with
out previous political records, whose
good citizenship entities them to
your confidence. Notwithstanding
the unparalleled efforts made to cap
ture the convention for the Twin
City capitalists, the efforts,-never
before equalled III this state-were ex-
hausted on the candidate for Gov
ernor, and on that they practically
failed.
The nominee. Mr.. Owen, was elected
as compromise candidate when it
was seen that the effort to put in
Mr.. Hall, if it did not fail, would rend
the Alliance in twain. The change
was a fortunate one. and the ALI
anccs will do their full duty in this
matter the coming campaign.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-25
sorry to see any legal fight intro
duced by his opponents.

The evidence is accommodating that
the use of Hall and Lathrop, ct al.
was to keep the radical element rep
resented by the GREAT WEST from
getting control of the alliance. 1t is
the same old warfare which has
downed Mr.. Donnelly before this pa
per existed. The plutocrats always
find tools to be tickled by their
promises and do their bidding.
Lathrop was OF course beaten sue
cessively out of his projected nomi-
nations, first legislative and then
congressional, by the faithful and
loyal alliance men, and he is today
practically deserted by every friend
he counted on for help. Hall did not
secure either congressional nomi-
nation nor the more desirable nOmi-
nation for governor-and is flat on
his back. Even Geo. W. Sprague
urged and secretly led the change to
Owen when he found Hall SO near the
goal. The plutes used their puppets,
and will now fling them off-unless
they can see further use.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-25

Our long discussion with the Ad-
vance-Sun, of Red Wing, is closed.
We never enjoyed a discussion more
than this, on our part. The editor
has been generous and gentlemanly,
and we appreciate his forbearance
and kindly words. Such discussions
do great amount of good. While,
naturally, each one sees his own
arguments in the stronger light
still both sides are illumined and
each disputant retires a gamer.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-25

The following article illustrates the
superb lying qualities OF that genius
of darkness yclept Harry Robinson.
Editor of the Northwestern Rail-
roader. He is especially Shiny where
he says his figures are taken from the
Com'rs Report-and ours are our
own. The fact is, every figure we
took, without exception, was from
the Report, and among expenses we
placed "Taxes and interest,""
The Profats of Railroads.
On page 9 of this paper we quote
under the heading ''What Kansas
Railroads Earn another sample of
the kind of argument on the Rail-
road question which is fed to the
farmers of Minnesota by the organ
of the Alliance. The article quoted
is in reply to one of ours wherein we
gave an extract from the last official
report of the Kansas Commission.
showing that there was decrease in
passenger earnings during the year
of 81 ,381 ,657 and in freight earnings
of 81 ,153, O9S, and an excess of ex-
penses and payments over all in
come" of 81 1927, 556. These paw
ments included fixed charges-viz. !:
taxes and interest on bonds of such
roads as were able to pay interest on
their bonds-and an average pay
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-25

Six months ago Hall. wrote us
that Darlington Phelps had been
kicked out of the presidency OF the
County Alliance, and wasn't fit to be
a member of an alliance. Today he
tries to kick Donnelly off the Exec
Com. and put Darlington in his
place.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-25

The Irvine works, and the machine
works of j. C. Todd & Co., of Patter-
son, N. j., were destroyed by fire
Sunday night. It was incendiary, and
there is every reason to think the
Irvine trust did it-and those inter-
ested in the prison manufacture.
More hereafter.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-25

The 9Th Ward and 9Th Ward LA
Dor Clubs which sent delegates to
the alliance convention were frauds.
A little wad of political strikers got
together, named themselves and sent
themselves.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-25

Will Lathrop honor a check on the
Dawson Bank, drawn on the Alliance
funds, for $22 to pay "boot" on his
kids watch trade-a silver turnip
against a filed case "gold-ticker? Pr
especially if the kid signs his dads
name to the check? How is this,
Finance Committee?
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-25

They have organized a Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union at
Pipestone, MINI. That is the move
to make. This is the thing the Hall
Sprague men fought against at the
National meeting at St. Louis last
December. Let her spread.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-25

We know that many of our friends
in other states will complain because
so much space is taken up this week
with Minnesota matters. Let this
week pass-next week the ship will
start out again on her regular trips.