The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-20
WEARING OF THE ALLIANCE.
Intelligent Kansas Farmers Growing Tired Of
the New Organization.

Chicago Herald
Charles Gregory is a prominent citizen of
Kansas. and has lived at Usage City for
years A reporter asked him if he belonged
to the Farmers Alliance of Kansas If the
scene at that moment had been laid in
Kansas there would have been riot.
DO 1 look like an Alliance mani" ex-
claimed the disturbed Kansas guest.
Never saw one." was the answer
Then forgive you. Will tell you some
thing about the Alliance of Kansas that
will open your eyes"
Mr.. Gregory then grabbed the Alliance
and shook it numerically. He said he
wished it bad only one neck that he might
destroy it with one swOop. AS an organ
ization." said Mr.. Gregory. 1.-THE people are
becoming weary of it's performances. 1t is
filled with demagogues and crazy fanatics.
and their dOings have Disguised not only
zen of the State. The members of the
Farmers Alliance In Kansas are either
demagOgues or men who could not play
q thinking part if they tried. The ex-
captions TO this definition are very
scarce. There is one of the leading officers
of the organization who has been an un-
successful candidate for office for fifteen
successive years. That's the kind
of men in our State bowling for
the rights of the farmer He ought to be
learning trade. A few of this stamp of men
who are invariably good takers and stu
dents of the query How to live without
working gather a number of weak, de-
luded farmers about them, and there yon
have the makeup of the Alliance. A farm
or living near Usage CITY prepared bill
during the last session of the Legislature
providing for changing ground hog day
from Feb. to Jan. 2. When asked the
reason for this he replied that il would
bring spring around quicker, as spring be-
gins soon after our grounding day. There
are only q few of them left. but they are all
III the Alliance"
How about Jerry Simpson. the sockless
statesman
He is an 1S-karat fraud"
But he is good farmerf"
Jerry Simpson never farmed a month in
his life. He used to be the marshal of Med
icine Lodge. Kan, some years ago. At that
their way up the trail 1t was what we
called lively town. and the cowboys used
to shoot out the lamp lights and all that
sort of fun. 1t was Jerry Simpsons duty
to round up these wild men. He used to do
this by sending out his deputies When
the bad men were all rocked up then Jerry
would ride through the town and say what
q great man am l. 1t Is an absolute fact
that be was never in row during all the
while that he was marshal"
why was be nominated for Congresss"
Because il was not thought tor q min
ute that he would be elected. When he
was nominated he turned around to me
and said: Wouldn't il be h if i were
elected i said il would. So il is. During
the campaign he would use the most alb
surb arguments and false statistics But
he fooled the farmers. and that was his
scheme. 1t was with false statements he
baited his hook. and the non thinkers
jumped at 1t with the greatest eaRerness
could 60 on and talk about Simpson and
the Alliance all day. but 1t would not en-
tighten the people half so much as this lit
tie fact: Jerry Simpson is now in the
South bowling about the misused, poverty
stricken farmers of Kansas. And these
same poverty stricken farmers are gather
ing in the largest crop they have had for
yeara"