Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-02-25
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
NEWS OF THE MOVEMENT.

One hundred million of the Govern.
ment credit to be loaned to a syndicate
TO dig a ditch in Nicaragua is constitu-
tional with John Sherman, but TO loan
the farmer credit on his wheat, oats
and other crops that go to keep the
human family alive is unconstitutional
There Is a great deal of difference be-
tween tweedle dee and tweedle dunn
Citizens Alliance.
Here is a nut for the negroes who
want to rule the Anglo-Saxon of the
South, TO crack: There are more negroes
elected in Bolivar County, Miss, than
in any whole Northern State-more
than in a haR-dozen Northern States.
The Northern radicals love the negro
and hate the white Democrats here, but
they do not put them in Office up there,
which would be a practical way Of
showing their love.-Mississippian.
Ralph Beaumont, the general secre-
tary of the National Citizens Alliance,
has issued the first number of the organ
of that body, and calls 1t the National
Citizens Alliance. We hail with salts
faction the appearance of Ralph Beau
mont in the editorial arena. He has
the boldness and moral courage to bring
into his columns the best thought of the
times, and we will expect to clip with
pleasure many of his articles.-Ex-
change.
The next Congress will have the fol-
lowing members, who are farmers and
will act entirely independent of old
party caucuses: Charles L. Moses, L,
f. Livingston, w. R. Everett and
Thomas Z. VIM, of Georgia; B. s.
Clover, John G.. Otis, John Davis,
William Baker and Jerry Simpson, Of
Kansas; K. Halversen, of Minnesota;
w A. McKeighan and o. M. Kean, of
Nebraska, and George w. Shell, of
South Carolina. To these are to be add
ed J. NJ. Irby, Senator from South
Carolina. Exchange.
Many agricultural and other journals
are declaiming against the 'preposter-
Gus" demands of the Alliance for an in
crease of circulating currency-that it
is simply the ''greenback craze" in q
new dress, etc. To say that this is an
extraordinary view, is but putting 1t
lightly. What the Alliance asks is,
that there may be sufficient currency to
do the business of the country upon a
cash basis, that all the dealing In
futures, stocks, etc, may be prohibited
When this is done the farmer will not
be obliged as at present to mortgage
his farm in order to pay cash" for the
necessaries of life.-Indiana Farmer.
Under the auspices of the Farmers
Alliance the National Citizens ALI
ances are now being organized in the
cities and towns, to cooperate with the
Farmers Alliance, advocating the same
principles and demanding the same re-
forms. We hope that this movement
will find the deserving response from
our Michigan cities. AS this Citizens
Alliance admits wider range to Its
membership it will without doubt be-
come powerful ally to the Farmers
Alliance, and the whole reform move
ment will thus be brought closer to-
Gether The News received the first
number of the National Citizens ALI
Ance, published in Washington, bright
vigorous reform paper. We welcome
the new worker to our exchange table
jackson Mich. Industrial News.
The National Farmers Alliance, bet
ter known as the Northern Alliance
embracing as it does the States from
which the list of vice-presidents is taken
held its National convention few
days since In Omaha, Neb., and elected
these officers: President. John H.
Powers, of Nebraska; vice.presi-
dents, Thomas Spin, of New York,
Charles Morgan, of Pennsylvania, FL.
TiclSens, of Ohio, William Kinerk, Of
Indiana, C. NJ. Butt of Wisconsin, B. D.
Gown, of Missouri, d. L, Pavens, OF
Washington, J. j. Furlong, of Mime
sofa, A. j. Westfall, of Iowa, and w. A.
Jones, of Nebraska; secretary and treas
urer, August Post, of Iowa; national lee
turer, G.. f. Lawrence, of Ohio; first as
sistant, Miss Eva Mcdonald, of Mime
sofa; second, ID. X. Pavens, of Washing
ton. Next years meeting will be held
in Chicago.