Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-01-22


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Farm Vaew Porterville, Call says
Although the Farmers Alliance In this
State has only been organizing since
about the 1st of June, its active member
ship outnnmbers the Grange or Patrons
OF Husbandry nearly three to one. Not
only this, but the Alliance includes in its
membership the most able, earnest and
active element of the Grange. Few
farmers are aware of the great work that
Is going on around them. Indeed, our
attendance at the State Alliance revealed
to US the silent force that has proved
such a cataclysm to the old political par
ties in the East. 1t will soon have its
organization more perfect than the po-
litical machinery of tae State, and will be
doing its own business to the extent of
drawing into it all classes with whom it
does business in the country. 1t has but
to hold to its course and the legislature
will have to yield to its DEGREES by the
sheer force of numbers. Old Hayseed is
just getting down to business.
nc ANCWs 4 OIh xTtVHStc - XICdLi( GA
ercised over the rAlliance folly in de-
handing more money through the oper-
alton of the sub-treasury plan. In its
structures upon that measure it discloses
the usual fact in such cases, an absolute
ignorance of its provisions or principles
1t is not aware that every document sent
to Congress at this session touching f.
nance recognizes the main feature of this
bill as sound and practicable 1t has
forgotten that the recent silver legisla-
ton, for which it commended so earnestly,
contains the warehousing, or. as it
pleascs to call it, the pawn shop" fea-
ture of the sub-treasury plan. The
Tribune would do well to exchange with
some reliable Alliance paper, and keep
posted upon current matters relating to
the order National Econ0mist.
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THE SITUATION IN KANSAS.
A dispatch Of Monday from Topeka,
Kansas, says: All the members Of the
Legislature have arrived and with them q
lobby which has crowded the capacity Of
all the hotels of the city. There is little
interest in the organization of the house,
as ex-Lieutenat Governor P. P. Elder will
be chosen speaker by reclamation, Aside
from the internal dissensinns ia the ALI
ance campovef sh6 Met fNth. Turner mat
Ter, the United States senatorship engaa ~
the attention of every body While Tie
Republicans hoped the Turner letter
would Illustrate and divide the Alliance
forces, and allow them tO.Te-elect Ingalls,,
1t will not have that result. Among all
the Alliance members present there seems
to be determination to defeat Ingalls,.
here will probably be very little leqisla-
tian before the 28th instant. the day
senator is elected BY joint ballot of both
houses. There is no change in the sena-
torial situation. Willis, It is conceded,
is the leading candidate, hut Elder is
gaining strength rapidly andjt is believed
he will go into the fight with thirty Eve
votes If be does he will become form
idaAle GDQ1 nots, and it H. certain thst
either " Hits, Elder or PETER, all stauuch
and leading Alliancemen, will be named
by the Alliance senatorial caucus. There
are ninety-one Alliance members in the
legislature and the proceedings of the
body will be watched with interest.
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ALLIANCE EDUCATION.
The strength Of Alliance principle and
the unyielding force of its demands lie in
the plain, incontrovertable facts on which
its claims are predicated. The rapid
education of the people concerning
economic lquestions of national i'm
portance in proof of the substantial
foundation xx,bsnh
cation rests. No fine spun theory
or assumption of false doctrine
could have brought about this general
desire for information and almost univer-
sal effort at research without having its
real nature exposed and the whole impo.
sition held up to ridicule and abandoned.
Such has been the fate aud will continue
to be the ultimate end of all economic
teachings not based upon truth aud JUS
tice. The demands of the Alliance have
been subjected to the most searching
scrutiny and rigid analysis. They have
stood the merciless onslaught of ridicule
and criticism, and have come out of this
trying ordeal brighter, stronger and with
firmer hold upon the intelligence of the
people than ever. They stand to-day a.
an exponent of ultimate truth unrivalled
by any economic proposition that has
challenged public attention during the
past quarter of a century. All objections
to these demands have been met in
manner calculated to convince those
seeking the truth, and to confound Others
attempting to confuse and mislead.
The lessons of the past should not
60 unhecded. This urgent demand
for Alliance education should be
met by Alliance newspapers, speakers
and lecturers with determination to
furnish the people with the information
they desire. To do this will require close
application and constant study. Those
who would be leaders must be teachers,
and those who teach must be
informed. The day for newspaper
slush and nonsense has
passed, and the time for facts reasons
and proper deductions has come. Those
who assume to build upon the ignorance
of the people will fail, while those who
recognize their intelligence win surely
succeed. The duty of all engaged in this
movement is plain and not easily misun.
derstood 1t consists in an increased
effort in al proper methods of education.
An honest nrrfnrmancn nj thia r,,tv 6,,r