Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-04-01

gambling called "a option deal
ing;" the free and unlimited coin.
age of silver; the prohibition of alien
ownership of land and the limitation OF
corporate ownership; the reduction of
the tarih on the necessarles of life and
the passage of , graduated income tax
law, and the limitation of the revenues
to the necessary expense of the govern.
ment economically and honestly admin
istered, and the submittingof an amend
meut tc the national constitution pro
viding for the election OF United States
senators Sv \ direct vote Of the people
OF each state. In this shape the resolu-
ton was ordered to engrossment, the
vote against 1t being small. .n-Jefferson
City Cor Kansas City Star.
The supreme gaH which prompts the
Star to claim that the men who worked
for the passage Of the above emascu-
lated resolution represented the alli-
ance in ''fght for supremacy over the
anti-alliance ideas of the democracy, /" Is
equaled only by the assumption that
such resolution showed Just how far
the alliance party of the state was will
ing to go." The truth is that the ele-
ment which fought its fight" over the
passage of this resolution Is democrats
and not alliance; while the element
opposed to them was not of the anti
alliance democracy, but was the true
alliance element who fought and
contended for the adoption of
the Ocala platform as a whole without
any omissions or repudiations While
it is true that this element, or rather
these menwhom the Star calls "alli-
ance, are, most of them, members of
the Farmers Alliance, it Is also true
that they were elected to the legisla-
ture as democrats, npon democratic
platform. These men consider that
they owe much more sacred allegiance
to the democratic party than they do to
the alliance, and. party slaves as they
are, repudiate the vital demands of
their national order, rather than offend
the leaders of the democratic party.
who have declared themselves opposed
TO the demands thus eliminated from
the Ocala platform.
The above resolution has an interest
ing history, which proves what stren-
Gus efforts are being made by these
democratic alliancemen to hold the alli-
ance in the democratic ranks, and rem
der their demands void by the elimina-
ton Of their vital essence, to-wit: The
method of putting the increased volume
of currency In circulation; the destruc-
ton OF the curse Of usury; s'the power
OF money to oppress," and the owner
ship by the people of the means of
transportation and communication;
after it is proved that governmental
control and supervision fails to remove
existing abuses.
In the early part of the month Of JAM
uary, Mr.. Miller, of Moniteau county,
introduced resolution for the adoption
by the legislature of Missouri of the
Ocala platform in It's entirety. This
resolution was vigorously opposed by
q. 8. Hall, president of the Missouri
alliance, and the democratic alliance
members, the point of attack being the
sub-treasuIy plan, which they voted out
OF the resolution. That which followed
may be better explained in the follow
ing letter from Mr.. Hendrickson, of
Bates. GEORGE C. Warn.
The letter reads as follows:
JEFFKRsoN CITY. Mo-, Feb. 10, 1891.
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DEAR SIR: Your letter of the 18th inst. at
hand containing printed article. Mr.. Miller.
OF Moniteau county. did distribute the papers
you sent. cannot give you the vote by
which the sub-treasury plan was voted
down, as the vote was not made q matter of
record, 1t being by viva voce and not by roll
call We have time after time tried to get
the members on record, but have failed 40
far. When things are proposed that the old
parties DO not want to go on record. they
rush It through without q roll call In deh-
ance of our cries and protestations. After
they had lodged the sub treasury plan and
the Ocala platform time or two, introduced
the inclosed resolution with the sub treasury
plan left out hoping to get them on record
for engrossment, but it was amended bv
striking out the governments money loanfn9
clause and the government railroad owner.
ship clause, without a roll call or q recorded
vote In spite OF all we could do and In viola.
tions of the rules of the house. Even after
thus amended they came near killing it and
would, but some of the democrats helped us
to get roll call and that was all that saved
IT. have marked what was stricken out
The printers changed the title, you win see.
by claiming all credit for the Democratic
think 1t will p rss the house In It's mutilated
form The nine indep endent men here are
doing the best we can. The old parties are
so corrupt that do not see how they can
deceive the people much longer.
Hoping that we will get deliverance In 81.
i am. yours truly. 7. J. HENDRIcKsoN