Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-31
THE PEOPLES PRESS.

The buncO game worked neither in
Kansas, South Carolina, South Dakota,
nor in Illinois. Republic
Capital is timi1." but the republi
can senate in Kansas has boldly pro-
tected it and prevented every effort OF
the peoples party to bring relief to the
farmer and laborer AS the republican
party represents nothing but capital of
course it is expected they will guard
the interests of their constituency
NoncOnfOrmist.
Up in Minnesota, all the forces of hell
and plutocracy are raging around the
brave Ignatius DOnnelly who is making
a magnificent fight for the people
against the enemies without and trail
tors within the ranks of the alliance.
He is the leader of the reform forces in
the Minnesota senate, and his fight for
the right. makes ones blood Jingle as
he reads it. The mighty struggle, be-
tween the masses and classes is coming
on with a rush, and men like DOnnelly
way out on the skermish line are STIR
ring the enemy up terribly.-Noncon-
| fOrmist.
There will be conference of repre-
in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 10, 1891. In
this connection the National RefOrmer
desires to say that there is some mis-
understanding in the objections Of this
meeting. as well as division of opinion
as to the propriety OF holding it. 1t is
charged that few men have assumed
the authority of saying just what the
people shall do in this matter. The
Reformer does not believe in any such
thing. There are no half dozen men
nor twenty men, that can control the
great popular uprising of the people
throughout the land. While the editor
of the refOrmer is opposed, at this time,
to the organization of third party, he
believes that the Cincinnati conference
will result in much good if there are
enough cOOlheaded, conservative men
there to direct it's action. The Ques-
ton to be considered there is not who
shall lead in the great reform move
ment, but Just what measures we can
concentrate our forces on. There will
be fanatics at that convention. There
will be men who believe that the saliva
ton of the republic depends on that
convention embodying in its platform
U16lT OWu lucdouTCS dIlI luCdo. hOoO
men will be honest in their convictions.
Some of their IDEAS will be good and
some not If the convention yields to
all their demands its platform will be
as long as Pauls epistle to the Romans,
and will expose so many points OF
attack that it would be utterly useless
to enter into a campaign with it.
The five greatest labor organizations
in this country have agreed upon the
three propositions of finance, tlanspor-
tation, and land. None of them antag-
onize these issues. Their memberships
are unit upon them. Why not make
them the demands of that convention?
With these three issues settled, we can
! then begin to take up others. The
most important thing TO do now is to
break the force of the money power.
We cannot do it by division. We must
concentrate or we are lost. Whoever
brings into that convention an issue
that will create dissension, no matter
how just it is, will only contribute to
l the defeat of our forces. Kansas has
demonstrated that six months is suffici-
ent to organize for victory, If we are
properly educated. Let the Cincin-
natti meeting be conference, and when
it adjourns let it adjourn to meet in
Washington, Feb %, 1892, and there let
it be determined what the future action
of the great reform forces will be. We
are one of that class of men who are not
afraid that Macune, Terrell, Polk, Pow
derby, Beaumont, and hundred more
like them, with ten times the influence
which they possess, could turn the
impetuous tide of popular opinion which
is drifting towards independent political
action, as result of precOncerted
movement upon the part of those who
now control the political machinery OF
both .aaatioc md dom To thai