The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-20
THE ALLIANCE.


oppose the plan 1t Is safo for, the
farmer to watch that class of men and
act just the reverse of their action in
er's interest If he can vote against It
The Alliance Monitor: Organiza-
tfons can be for good and they can be
for wrong purposeS and the only way
In which we can restrain the strong is
to meet the bad organizations with
good organizations Henoe the ALI
ance unites the farmers of our country
not to oppose the railroads or corpo-
rations or capital when used for gen
eral good. but to resist the abuse OF
power just as We have organized police
or armies. or even our government
itself. TO protect our people from those
who would injure or destroy.
The Peoples Journal: The Demo
cratic party and the Republican party
are rich mems parties Everybody
knows this because they champion
rich mems plans for egisiation-rich
mems schemes TO rob labor of Its earn
lngs-rich mems schemes to make
money scare in order 10 make hard
times to the end that the industrial
forcos may be compelled to pay OK
horbitant rates for the use OF money.
a party for the people cannot get con
troll OF the government too soon.
The Workman and Farmer: The
professional politician Is n queer aui
NAL. and st present he is in his most
peculiar state He hardly knows
what TO do or say at present-the pres
ent is n period OF great uncertainty
with this class He is anxious to get
on the biggest chunk and is engaged
In feeling the public pulse and If he
finds out what the people want he will
come forward and say: 'Theln's my
sentiments exactly He never leads
but always follows public opinion
The Plow and Hammer: benjamin
Franklin said: When you are in
debt you give another power over your
liberty" The. Republican league
manifesto says: Our debts stand for
our investments and not for our losses
They represent our enterprise and not
our misfortunes, our property and not
=
you feel about this. but with Frank
Eu's reputation for honesty and intcI-
rity and the Republican party's rec
ord Of dishonesty and iufamy, We pre-
fer 10 think Franklin. IS right
The Cotton Plant: The News and
Courier evidently thought it had a
'cinch' on the Alliance when it re-
published an alleged expose of our Sc
cret work. We dislike to spoil lis
fun; but truth compels US to say that
this Office had copies of that expose
sent in several weeks ago. clipped by
wide-awakc Alliance men in remote
sections of the state, from the New
York Sun The Alliance has been
smiling over the matter all this time:
and now after so long a time when
our dive" contemporary publishes it
as news. the Alliance IS smiling again
The Milton Sta: The idea OF
partisan press Withholding any favor
able Alliance news from the masseS in
the hope that it will inure TO the in
FRY of the organization. il just as
mean as il will prove futile The va
rious state annual meetings as they
are being held disclose the fact that
the growth of the Alliance still con-
tiuues phenomenal Thousands OF sub
Alliances and several states have been
organized during the past year The
older organizations are increasing in
whore tho material has not
all been exhausted Better still the
mem bership is daily growing more de-
Ill Il
from moneyed oppression
The Alliance Advocate: Time was
when the people were sovereign in
this country. but now let a man but
express a difference Of opinion from
those who have set themselves up as
dictators OF our government and the
old party press unite in branding him
as a traitor. a crank or an anarchist
Time was when the advice OF the farm
err was sought in the council chambers
Of the nation and peace and plenty
prevailed in the land; but now the
farmer is used merely ~ n tool TO
serve the interests of Wall streets
and his attempts to regain
his rightful position are regarded as
dangerous" by the powers that be, and
no expense, no intrigue viii be spared
to defeat the Will of the people Such
q condition of things cannot last 1t
Is impossible for a republican form OF
government 10 exist under rule Of
aristOcracy. It is but
single step removed from 4 monarchy.
and that step is being shortened with
each aud every succeeding administra.
ton.
The Caucasian: We have q pc
culiar kind OF state~nanship thee
days - it is negauve statesman
ship Such men as Car. isle. Oates
& Co. in their pondrous articles
against the sub-treasury admit that
The financial sEsten of This country i !