The rustler., 1891-11-27


FHEsipESr POLK
attendance Mayor Thomas l. sulli-
van was introduced aud welcomed the
alliance Ia the following words:
Ioousidsr myself fortunate that am per
m.tted, in the name of the city uf Indiana.
polls. Co welcome YOU gentlemen to-day
You have come from all parts Of the country
for the purpose OF consulting together IN
regard o. the best Interests of that great
body of citizens you IN part represent-the
farmers % the United states No ufiice could
be more honorable than that you have come
here 20 discharge. ana no guests could be
more welcome 90 Indianapolis than you,
gentlemen. coming With your credentials In
your hands
The citizens Of Indianapolis are deeply In.
terestod IN the conclusions TO which you
may come May they be founded In Wis
durn. May YOU always remember that be-
cause the farmer and the farm are the basis
OF all prosperity In this country OF ours
when you consult as Co your interests, you
at tn same time consult as To the interests
OF every class Of American citizen.
Permit tne again to welcome you to Ind.
annapolis. n l. Roodly city. full of hospit.
able people in who name greet and wei
come YOU. whose guests you are. May your
wofk OF the coming week result In good to
your fNMDNfFF uNU hitHf ~ ~ NNfEt UihN Aht
recollection Of your visit here give you
pleasure and satisfaction all the days OF
your lives
:. T. 1illman, secretary of the alli-
ance executive committee, responded
20 Mayor sullivan. After thanking the
people OF indianapolis for their warm
welcome and paying a tribute TO Presi-
dent Harrison. Inc continued:
II is the farming and the laboring people
Who feed the world, who fought the battles
a this country aud TO whose energy and
patriotism this great an glorious land Of
ours Ia indebted for its richest blessings OF
liberty and peace. II Il not our mission to
tear down nor disintcRratc our honestly
conducted industries, but to preserve them
let We do mean the death knell To all lille.
gitlmnte combinations aud monopolies that
tend 20 destroy this very spirit aud
luteut Of the constitution. We are
not here a. politicians, seeking to
disrupt partisan political parties
or to promote the fortune of any political
asplrant. nor are we here In the interest OF
any third party, for by the very organic
teachings We have the right To vote With
whatever political party We may think viii
best advance good government
I desire 20 call your attention To the last
billion. dollar congress- It's expenditures
reached the grand total OF 4 .0I9. y7O,l5i. which
IL nearly two thirds OF all the existing
United states money. More money wa-
sp nj by that pronigate billion. dollar con
grsss than was spent b. all the other con
gresses during the first sevcnty-two years
OF this government II Is more than 2iI7.
co.. for every day from the time that the
Fifty. first congress met In December, 1881
ill Il adjourned March e. 1891. You can
easily calculate Il for yourselves ana you
will ind Il to be So day for every day since
. a. ind Il
minute for every minute since the Doclara'
tlon OF Independence. A billion and nine
million for Two years Is more than half d
billion for one year. II Is more than g fol
every man, woman and child in the United
states And counting the families to con
tain i've persons each, II makes tax of 81
a family TO support the government OF tn,
United States alone, and remember thi
does not include one cent loviod for state
county and municipal purposes VIVA
would the people OF the United State
think of a tax Of so upon the heat
OF every family Yet this Il cxactl.
what We have, How long would they en-
dure II n collected directly from them In
stead OF Indirectly, as 1t IA now collected
through our tarn2 Say what you plens
about the tar n but Il must and shall com
down TO a reasonable basis Of tax ltion, an
these reckless expenditures by congres
must be stopped or We will cOntnne &
change the personnel OF every congress
Yet this IL not all. nor ia It at the bottom G
that which brought about the uprising q
the people Of ali parts Of this great countr,
can best illustrate II by the use Of TIA
three rs that are the first letters Of tn
three words These words are Transports
tlon, Trust and Tariff Here IL the troubl'
and there are three C's which are the fir'
letters OF three words. Crush. Change an
Control the unwrlttcn and ironbound oat
M "A abus
us 40 much about I Will nov tell you VIII
this oath T.: II Ia to crush the trust, chani
tine tariff and control transportation. Nhi
IL Is the condition of the farmer to-day2 Nj
nopolies, high tariff aud combined trusts Q
one side OF him. unjust determinations
Il railroads upon the other side and a billioi
dollar congress on top; money powers al
the unm rrcful manufacturers controlling
hIah protectl we tariff by bribery In behalf
their own interest railroad kings control
ing unjust discriminat lOns in their own i
terest and against the farming masses.
PRESIDENT PoLK's Address.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. 1s.-La
evening President Polk, of the Nation
Farmers Alliance delivered his annu
address In opening he said;
Assembled here as the accredited repF
aeutatlvcs of the farmers OF almost eve
state in the unlon. you cannot be unmindf
of the weighty responsibility attaching
your position. Upon no body has great
responsibilities fallen than upon this sin
the meeting of the continental congrc
The demands of the latter for e1t
rights we're no more just than q
YOURS against the Inequalities viii
threaten to undermine the liberties
she pespie and destroy the great az
cultural interests OF the country. Dilige
Earnest research as to the causes viii
have forced the American farmer to
verge OF bankruptcy have :orced upon h
the conviction that the most sacred tuf
tlons OF the government have been usnrp
by favored few to tho detrimont and r.
OF the neglected millions.
what are the alleged grievances OF
earr,cr, ct the record show. From $50