Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-16

The object Of the Alliance should be, and
doubtless is, TO discover the cause of their,
declining prosperity and apply remedy.
Glass legislation has brought them to the
door Of the poor-house, and any legisla-,
ton that has for its object the exclusive.
benefit Of the farmers at the expense Of
others will bring no permanent relief. A
FAR chance to all and special privileges
to none is all that legislation can perform.
A political organization whose purpose is
TO help the farmers without regard to the
rights OF Others might win one victory,
but not two. The greatest army that
ever marched to battle is often doomed
to defeat by u blundcr or over confidence
in its numerical advantage. and the ALI
ancc will shatter its prospects should 10
seek to secure redress through class legis-
lation. Let the farmers concentrate their
efforts to secure relief by the reduction Of
tariff taxes, free coinage of silver, and
other reforms to which the. Alliance is
committed, and the people in general
will flock to their support.
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An exchange asks If all the Alliance
men are Baptists. 1t seems that there ia
a iulI quota. President l.. L. Polk, the
president of the National Alliance, is q
Baptist preacher, and so is Superintendent
H. M. Humphrey, of the colored NATIONAL
Alliance, he being the only white man in
the organization. The president of the
Alabama State Alliance, s. M. Adams,
is Baptist preacher, and the ex-president
and ex-lecturer of the Georgia State Ali
ance Rev. II. II. jackson and Rev. j. w.
Beck, are Baptist preachers. The editor
of the Progressive Farmer, the organ of tho
North Carolina Alliancemen, is Rev..
Bayless Cade, Baptist preacher.
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The seventh section of the charter of
the Colored Farmers National Alliance
and Cooperative Union of the United
States declares the object of this corpora-l
ton shall be to elevate the colored peo-i
pie of the United States by teaching!
them to love their country and their
homes; to care more for their helpless
and sick and destitute: to labor mores
earnestly for the education of themsel Ives
and their children, especially in agricul-l
tural pursuits. To become better farm
crs and laborers, and less wasteful i'm
their methods of living. To be more
obedient to the civil law To become
better citizens, and truer husbands and.
wives.
The AHiacs Defender Excelsior
Springs. MOI SAYS "Some people. even
memoirs or the Anance, oppose the idea
of The government loaning money to
farmers on the ground that there is no
justice in taxing the community in order
to loan money to those in debt. The idea
is not understood. We do not advocate
that anybody should be taxed, but that
the government make new issue of pa
per money, full legal tender, lending it to
farmers without the Intervention of
banks, thus increasing the volume of
circulating medium, establishing good
prices and restoring prosperity"
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The Iowa State Alliance has been regu-
larry organized and officers elected,
Fourteen county organizations were rep
resented at the meeting by men of intel
hgence and solid substantial character.
Before the meeting adjourned between
forty and fifty organizers were commits
stoned and equipped for the field, and O
vigorous and earnest organizing cam
paign was at once inaugurated In the
near future, the great state of Iowa, will
take its place in the very front rank of
Alliance states.
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The Farmers Alliance of Mississippi is
beginning an active fight to secure the
election of successors to Senators George
and Walthall who favor the sub-treasurv
scheme, and to this end are seeking to-
influence all the members of the order to-
vote against the candidates for the legis-
lature not pledged to their demands. The
order in the state is composed almost ex-
clusively Of democrats, and it is proposed
to do their work in the democratic priraa-
ries.
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The personnel of the new Florida legis-
lature ~ u novel and a remarkable one.
The body is composed of 100 members,
in joint session, of which sixty are alli-
ancemen. Among the first duties will be
election of United States senator to sue
coed Senator Call, whose term has ex-
pired, and who is a candidate for re cleo
ton. 1t is believed that the alliance will
center on one of their own men whose
name has not yet been mentioned.
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The Farmers Alliance organization is
pushing its way all over New England,
as well as New York and Pennsylvania.
1t already has covered a largo part of
Maine, and started an Alliance paper at
Thomaston. In New York and Pcnnsyl-
vania the Western branch separate from
tho Kansas and Southern branch, has its
organizations Connecticut is pretty well
organized, and the other states are falling
into line.
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Southeast Enterprise Popular Bluff,
Mo- says: "The sub-treasury plan is
fast gaining ground. 1t is becoming the
leading principle in the decalogue of the
national platform. This principle is be-
coming fixed upon the minds and hearts
of the people. Public sentiment through
out the rank and file of the Alliance is
becoming SO strongly centered on this
question and neither party will have the
COURAGE to sidetraclc If -